A Ford F-150-Rivalling Tesla Pickup Will Happen After The Model Y
A Tesla pickup truck could actually happen, says Elon Musk, but it won’t be quite like the oddball designs that surfaced a month or so ago.
A pickup was briefly mentioned by Tesla at around the same time as the Roadster and semi truck were launched to the press, but in typical Musk mercurial style, plans have already changed.
I promise that we will make a pickup truck right after Model Y. Have had the core design/engineering elements in my mind for almost 5 years. Am dying to build it.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2017
The initial idea was for it to be ‘a pickup that can carry a pickup’ and was sketched at the time with a Ford F-150 in the load bed. It would be huge, something like a Mercedes-Benz Unimog. But in a new Twitter exchange, it seems Elon Musk has apparently changed his mind and shrunk the designs for a more commercially viable project.
He promised to build a pickup “right after Model Y,” the company’s planned compact crossover to rival the Nissan Qashqai. Musk added that he’s had the core design and engineering elements in mind for five years and is “dying to build it.”
Similar total size. Maybe slightly bigger to account for a really gamechanging (I think) feature I’d like to add.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2017
It won’t be carrying any F-150s, mind you. In a further Tweet, Musk said that it would be a similar overall size to an F-150, but could have a mystery ‘game-changing feature’ that the famous engineer wants to add.
It could potentially still have the more flat-fronted design to create more passenger space in the double-cab cabin while still boasting a single-cab-size load bed. Time will tell, and there are many obstacles to overcome before Tesla gets anywhere near that, especially if Model Y production goes the way of the Model 3…
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Maybe this time tesla will actualy oroduce it
The Tesla pickup will have to be able to go at least 600 miles in a charge while still having proper payload capacities (and those batteries will ensure it never will unless they weigh less than 1,000 pounds), and easily rack up 100,000 miles in 3 years without inconveniencing the work force with longer wait times (the charging). And of course, cost under $40,000 for a four door, 4x4 configuration. Also, with the cost of Tesla panel repairs ($35,000 for a minor dent on a quarter panel of a Model S for example) would further dissuade loyal customers from Ford, GM, Nissan, Toyota, and Chrysler. A Tesla pickup will be a low volume seller, but a very fast one at that.
Did they use this as their source of design inspiration?
That sketch looks really, really shte..
If theyre still operational
Single-cab sized load bed? What the heck does that even mean? You can’t get a short bed (4’ or 1.3m) with a single cab pickup but the 6’ (2m and 8’ (2.66m) beds are commonly available on everything from single- to quad-cab pickups.
I want a pickup that can carry a pickup that can carry a pickup
that can carry a pickup that can carry a pickup that can carry a pickup that can carry a pickup that can carry a pickup that can carry a pickup…
…We’re going to need to find you a very, very large truck.
Again..
dont want an electric truck, heck that
Why isnit so ugly