Tesla Pickup revealed
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He obviously can't build it that way for sale, but if he could, it would pair nicely with this:
It's the first thing I considered when I saw it, right after the stress fractures that shell would suffer after a few thousand miles of road use.
Cheers,
Kennith
It's the first thing I considered when I saw it, right after the stress fractures that shell would suffer after a few thousand miles of road use.
Cheers,
Kennith
He did say it was more of a personal project, and that he wasn't overly concerned with how well it would sell. It's obviously a concept car, but on the same token, if you're going to shake up the truck market, it might be best to just go nuts. I thought the forward control renders by fans were far enough, but apparently he did not.
When that shape is refined for production it might turn out pretty cool, but for now it's not where I personally think it should be. That said, the more I look at it, the less visually offensive it becomes. I do see where he was going with it, and in concert with the reveal, the design language does make sense. I get the feeling he and I like the same stuff, and it was kind of aimed in my direction; but that this is his personal dream car.
I mean, if it's forty grand or less to start, I'd much rather have that than a Model X; or any number of cars on the road today. At the very least, it's unique. I think the bed is probably reasonably practical for something that crazy, and it's not like Tesla doesn't know how to build a functional interior. The Rivian may be an objectively better truck, but driving this love letter to '80s science fiction would certainly be more fun.
It's also easy to keep forgetting that there's cargo space under the hood. I don't think he's pretending that this is going to compete with a GMC or a Ridgeline so far as throwing chainsaws and string trimmers around. I think he wanted to build that vehicle, and found a way for it to make slightly more sense than it did when he was 13 years old and drew it for the first time.
Cheers,
Kennith
If he'd have painted it, the car might not have been so polarizing. Paint makes an alarmingly big difference on a Delorean:
I get the stainless, but rolling it out in an actual color would have helped smooth over the launch. I'd suggest something like Bonatti Grey to keep the science fiction look, but dial it closer to reality for ease of acceptance.
He said the lines were inspired by the Lotus Esprit, and that makes sense. In a color, though, I think it would be slightly less shocking.
Cheers,
Kennith
lol. I think that was the point. His propriety probably only stopped him smoking a blunt on stage.
Ballistic glass does crack. It ain't like the movies. The illustrative slide indicated 9mm rounds, so it's not going to be the most resilient in the world, anyway.
I think someone chipped it back stage testing, and it just cracked when the steel ball hit it. That could well have been as much energy as a bullet, depending on it's volume. Spheres deliver impact force over a very tiny area, after all. If that was the size of a tennis ball and thrown with reasonable strength, they may as well have shot the window; the force would be similar, and result in precisely what you see there at the low rating he's probably using.
Likewise, the external laminate may have been tempered glass. I don't think we're looking at anything beyond level 1; perhaps 2 at the most. You can back tempered glass with ballistic laminates, anyway.
Cheers,
Kennith
Yeah, it's pretty nuts how much of a difference it makes. Obviously it's a hell of a lot easier to care for, as well.
Imagine the Tesla painted. It would tame it quite a bit.
Cheers,
Kennith
Honestly, despite my criticism, that's the kind of insanity I like. I just think it needs refinement, and I think it will indeed receive some.
It looks like a stress fracture demonstration vehicle.
That said, Tesla vehicles are supported by a frame, so maybe the body itself isn't seeing as much headache as one would expect. I wouldn't want to endure a collision in that thing as it is right now, though; and I don't suspect visibility would be super great in rain.
Cheers,
Kennith
A little TOO out there for me. And lets admit it, we drive Disco's which are not exactly the most beautiful truck in the world.
As for the Tesla...I hope somebody takes notice and does the loading ramp tailgate. That's the best piece of kit on the thing (IMHO)
As for the Tesla...I hope somebody takes notice and does the loading ramp tailgate. That's the best piece of kit on the thing (IMHO)
I keep looking at it and my opinion on the style itself is evolving a bit.
Isn't that what we all imagined at the time he personally was likely imagining it? Maybe we're just stuck in boring convention. What happened to Robocop?
A futuristic electric truck, called the "Cybertruck", should probably be pretty wild.
The debut featured a character either meant to be a computer or hologram, lasers, heavy bass... I mean, that's clearly what was going to roll out.
Maybe we let the twelve year old inside us all rot away a little too far.
Cheers,
Kennith
I fucking knew it, and I fucking called it. That was bound to come off your keyboard eventually.
Cheers,
Kennith