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Tesla already received 146,000 Cybertruck pre-orders worth over $8 billion

Elon Musk announced that Tesla already received 146,000 Cybertruck pre-orders just over a day after they unveiled the electric pickup truck to mixed reviews. The Tesla Cybertruck has been polarizing, to say the least. Many people didn’t like the radical design of the electric pickup truck, but most agree that the specs and price are… Continue reading Tesla already received 146,000 Cybertruck pre-orders worth over $8 billion

Tesla Cybertruck: a look at beautiful different colors as Musk confirms matte black

Tesla Cybertruck’s entire body is made of stainless steel without a paint job, but CEO Elon Musk confirmed it will be offered in different colors including matte black. Here’s a look at a few beautiful Tesla Cybertruck renders in different colors. With the Tesla Cybertruck, the frame of the vehicle is actually the body. Tesla… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck: a look at beautiful different colors as Musk confirms matte black

Elon Musk: About 150,000 orders thus far for Tesla Cybertruck

Nov 21, 2019; Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A; Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the Cybertruck at the TeslaDesign Studio in Hawthorne, Calif. The cracked window glass occurred during a demonstration on the strength of the glass. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Saturday that there have been… Continue reading Elon Musk: About 150,000 orders thus far for Tesla Cybertruck

Design of Tesla Cybertruck polarizing, but that may be point

Chester Dawson, Bloomberg News Published 10:30 p.m. ET Nov. 22, 2019 | Updated 1:46 p.m. ET Nov. 23, 2019 Tesla Inc.’s much-anticipated “Cybertruck” concept vehicle received an underwhelming reception from many investors and some of the automotive trade press due to its polarizing design and lack of typical pickup features. They may just be the… Continue reading Design of Tesla Cybertruck polarizing, but that may be point

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Early Black Friday Discounts on Tesla Accessories for CleanTechnica Readers

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November 23rd, 2019 by Sponsored Content

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Vegan Tesla Model 3 Center Console Storage Cubby

Similar to the Model S/X cubby, the Model 3 storage cubby uses vegan and cruelty-free materials with an Alcantara interior and a vegan leather exterior. The interior comes in either black or limited edition red. This console storage cubby from EV Items is custom made for the center console area of your Model 3 allowing for optimal fit. It’s ideal for storing small items like keys, coins, and sunglasses. It also comes with a removable divider and features a hand-stitched Model 3 badge on the inside. Talk about a great gift for a Model 3 owner.

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Vegan Tesla Model S and X Center Console Storage Cubby

As one of their flagship accessories, this center console cubby from EV Items has a precise fit and dimensions that create a driver-facing product designed for single hand use. It may not be obvious, but the center cubby in your Model S or X is not a perfect rectangle, it’s an obscure trapezoid that has been matched perfectly with this product. The interior lining is a plush vegan Alcantara while the exterior is a black, vegan leather (both cruelty free). The Model S and X cubby drawer is ideal for loose change, sunglasses, keys, and any small items that might need to be accessed while driving. The silver, anodized aluminum handle is very “grab-able,” allowing you to open the drawer without looking. The cubby drawer also includes rubber stoppers that are easily installed to ensure it does not fall out of the compartment while in use.

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Model 3 Qi Wireless Cell Phone Charger

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Tesla Cybertruck Was Designed To Meet These 6 Specific Requirements

There’s a reason the Cybertruck looks exactly like it does. I assume that Tesla set the following requirements that the Tesla Cybertruck design must satisfy: Tough exterior. Low aerodynamic resistance to allow long-range and high efficiency. Large and comfortable interior. Variable ground clearance, low for ingress and egress and highway driving and quite high for… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck Was Designed To Meet These 6 Specific Requirements

Tesla Cybertruck design a ‘PR stunt’, says Automobili Pininfarina CEO

It came as no surprise that the Tesla Cybertruck’s unveil event yesterday attracted attention from all over the world – who can look away when the enigmatic Elon Musk is on stage? However, the unveil of the Tesla Cybertruck attracted even more attention than you’d expect for two reasons – the ‘armoured’ glass shattering in… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck design a ‘PR stunt’, says Automobili Pininfarina CEO

Mocked Tesla Cybertruck May Be Brilliant, Car Designer Says

When Raphael Zammit saw Tesla Inc.’s Cybertruck pull onto the stage late Thursday, his initial reaction was a mix of shock and horror.

Tesla Cybertruck — Pure Logic On Wheels

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Tesla Cybertruck — Pure Logic On Wheels

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November 23rd, 2019 by Maarten Vinkhuyzen

“Yes, that is the way to do it. Pure logic. Form follows function. The only way to solve the aerodynamics problem of a pickup.”

Those were my thoughts when the Tesla Cybertruck rolled onto the stage.

Followed by: “Will any hillbilly or weekend road warrior or mom buy it?” It is a bit hard to see this as a grocery getter or hay carrier.

This is totally Elon Musk — going back to first principles, applying them to an electric pickup truck, getting an image straight from the movies he likes. How could he not fall in love with it.

The aerodynamics of a conventional pickup truck are extremely bad. You need probably twice the battery capacity to get highway performance at 60 mph on par with a Jaguar I-PACE. That is a big No-No for Tesla.

The first design parameter for Tesla was: no open bed. The second was: no box form. High on the list would also be: Tesla cars are beautiful, not rusty or dented. Another would be that you should be able to actually use the bed for your stuff. In urban environments, everything in it that can be carried away will be carried away when you return. Cheap and easy to produce would also be on that list.

Put this list into a stupid AI system that does not have preconceived notions what a pickup should look like, and out comes the Tesla Cybertruck.

The aerodynamics are great. The bed coffer turns that open space into a vault. The stainless steel enables a unibody design that is lighter, stronger, and cheaper to make. With a relatively small battery (~75kWh), a “low-cost” version can shock the market. With the Plaid powertrain, there is nothing on the road (except other Teslas) that can compete in pure badass driving.

Turning the list of requirements (much longer than I have mentioned) into this design is pure brilliance.

I am not a car guy, I am even less of a big car guy, and I really don’t understand the appeal of those monstrosities on wheels that are the favorite grocery-getters in most of the USA. My opinion is of zero and really no value when it comes to judging the Tesla Cybertruck’s market appeal and commercial value.

This is such a radical departure from what is thought to be a normal pickup, though, that most will be unable at first to comprehend this concept. Without suggesting it will be as successful, it is like the iPhone when shown in the time of the flip-phone and Blackberry. This will need time.

I suggest some placements in Hollywood movies. Not the cyberpunk Blade Runner type of movies, but a normal romantic comedy with a soccer mom using it around the suburbs. And the privacy of the closed bed is a far better place to be seduced than the back seat of a sedan.

While being logical, the Tesla designers created a new problem for the US automotive industry. The distinction between cars and trucks, or passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles has always been based on the construction — using a frame was a truck, using any kind of monocoque or unibody construction was a car. By the logic of the standard classification, the Tesla Cybertruck is a car.

To be more precise, it is the most badass electric shopping cart.

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LOL — Elon’s Tesla Cybertruck Just Turned Manly Man-Trucks Into Princess Wagons

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LOL — Elon’s Tesla Cybertruck Just Turned Manly Man-Trucks Into Princess Wagons

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November 23rd, 2019 by Zachary Shahan

There’s a lot of interesting brain food embedded in the Tesla Cybertruck. You can have a serious, intelligent, academic discussion about it all until you’re blue in the face. But there’s one basic, fundamental, gut-turning point about the Cybertruck (or Cybertrukk). The thing just turned Ford SuperDuties, “like a rock” Chevy Silverados, and rock-ramming Ram 3500s into princess wagons. Here’s what I now think of when I look at a normal pickup truck:

Disney princess wagon via Montgomery Ward

Disney princess horse and carriage via Walmart

I’ll be frank — I’m not in the market for a pickup truck or a Cybertruck. I’m not really a manly man in the first place. Remember, I sit on the couch writing and editing word salads for a living. I’d rather go play some tennis with my little girls than watch a NASCAR race. Well, actually, I’d rather do just about anything than watch a NASCAR race. I’ll stick to my Tesla Model 3, thank you very much. But even I can feel moved and enticed by the GI Joe, Terminator, or bull-like man-energy of the Cybertrukk. Other than a tank, or maybe even more than a tank, that thing is a freakin’ manly man-vehicle! It gets my blood going.

Think I’m going overboard? Reflect for a minute on what every freakin’ pickup truck commercial is about. Why is every single one of them basically trying to tell you that you’ll be the manliest man around if you buy the pickup truck model the marketing team behind that pickup is hawking? Why is there practically no other message conveyed to potential truck buyers? Because, simple as it is, vehicle purchases — and, thus, vehicle marketing efforts — are primarily about your identity, and for whatever reason, one of the most fundamental matters of our identity and what compels us to buy certain products is our connection to our gender.

In other words, count the ground clearance, measure the truck bed, consider the torque and towing capacity all you want, what a pickup truck is really supposed to be is the ultimate man-vehicle. What Elon Musk did is exactly what I wrote a few days ago he’d do — he created the manliest man-truck on the market, and not by a little bit. He crushed the competition in this regard. Rather than create some modified version of the prevailing pickup truck design, he created a bulletproof, tank-like, ugly as a m**** f***** Cybertrukk.

At the moment, you’ve got tons and tons of guys saying they’re buying the Cybertruck even though they never had an interest in trucks before. In my humble opinion, they probably didn’t identify with normal pickup trucks for cultural reasons. The Cybertruck, though, 1) provides them with a tough-as-nails man-truck that they can identify with because of various movies (mostly Sci-Fi stuff) that they enjoyed and it could have come straight out of, 2) it looks like it would crush the coal-rolling, Supercharger-blocking, EV-harassing pickup trucks of a different clan. Call it a “fight” rather than “flight” attraction. As much as “tech guys” may seem like they wouldn’t be sucked into primal testosterone appeals, think for a moment about how popular superhero movies are.

To be straight-up about it, I’m not being condescending here. We are humans. We have these kind of features. We have this stuff hardwired or softwired into our brains and blood.

I’m just saying that, the #1 thing this Cybertruck does is it puts a hardcore smackdown on man-trucks without even touching them. It just gives them the Arnold look and everyone knows who shouldn’t be messed with. The Cybertruck may be a massive hit for its practical application as a camping tool, for its utilitarian truck bed and power tool hookups, or because of some other features, but if it’s going to be a hit, that’s because it makes all those truck commercials you see during football games look like advertisements for Barbie Power Wheels.

Woohoo! Pink Barbie Power Wheels. Let’s go splash in rivers! Via Fisher Price

Getting to some money matters, in terms of sales or consumer demand, I think the two biggest questions are 1) how many normal truck buyers are open-minded enough or attracted enough to the Cybertruck to switch over, and 2) how many non-truck people are motivated to by a Cybertruck for reasons they can’t explain, and then truly go through with purchasing one.

We’ll see. In the meantime, tell me you don’t see this the next time you see a Chevy/Ram/Ford truck commercial:

Barbie Power Wheels via Fisher Price

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Zach has long-term investments in Tesla [TSLA] — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in this company and feels like it is a good cleantech company to invest in. But he offers no investment advice and does not recommend investing in Tesla or any other company.

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