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Mr Musk signals the end of the CyberTruck

Phaser said:
Someone in this one-horse town I live in has one. Did Elon really think that was going to be a success.
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in a way...it was a success......people bought them...

now of course "some" of those people are tree huggers.......whaddya gonna do, that happens.

if anything at all, he showed that electric trucks can be a viable form of hauling or general transportaion.

as it is now, many people DO buy trucks, but really do not use them as intended, like "work trucks", but more like...."grocery getters"......

with all the plastic cars made by car makers all over the world, and crumple up in an accident, many people wanted a "safer vehicle", so they buy trucks.....

of course, they would be safe in ANY plastic car...if they "KNEW how to drive" in the first place....

that line from an old George Carlin skit....

people wanted to buy a SABB, cuz it was a "roll cage" and stood up well in crashes.....

that's what caused ole Georger to say......."if they KNEW how to drive, they would be safe"

any way, GM and Ford started experimenting with electric trucks, and they will get closer to perfection someday.

so in the end,

"did Elon think, it was going to be a success"...???

i'd say....yes.....it got more press good or bad, and sales, and might have started the electric vehicle revolution


and no, i am NOT an Elon fanboi


but we cannot knock his determination........

whilst all others......sat on thier a-s-s-s-s-s
 
Old_Me said:
in a way...it was a success......people bought them...

now of course "some" of those people are tree huggers.......whaddya gonna do, that happens.

if anything at all, he showed that electric trucks can be a viable form of hauling or general transportaion.

as it is now, many people DO buy trucks, but really do not use them as intended, like "work trucks", but more like...."grocery getters"......

with all the plastic cars made by car makers all over the world, and crumple up in an accident, many people wanted a "safer vehicle", so they buy trucks.....

of course, they would be safe in ANY plastic car...if they "KNEW how to drive" in the first place....

that line from an old George Carlin skit....

people wanted to buy a SABB, cuz it was a "roll cage" and stood up well in crashes.....

that's what caused ole Georger to say......."if they KNEW how to drive, they would be safe"

any way, GM and Ford started experimenting with electric trucks, and they will get closer to perfection someday.

so in the end,

"did Elon think, it was going to be a success"...???

i'd say....yes.....it got more press good or bad, and sales, and might have started the electric vehicle revolution


and no, i am NOT an Elon fanboi


but we cannot knock his determination........

whilst all others......sat on thier a-s-s-s-s-s
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You know who is driving the electric vehicle revolution. If China is allowed to offer their EVs in the States it would cripple the domestic industry.

Full marks to Tesla for putting EVs on the radar, but it’s not like they built a product that was readily affordable to the everyday car buyer and the Cybertruck was Porsche money. The Chinese are bringing the affordable EV to the market and are having a fairly significant impact in Europe.

On the flip side Porsche has had one of their worst years because their cars are not selling in China.
 
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Old_Me said:
of course, they would be safe in ANY plastic car...if they "KNEW how to drive" in the first place....
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^^^^^I agreed with everything you said except this....^^^^

I have avoided hitting spinning cars dozens of times on the race track, a few times on the street, and a couple of times on a motorcycle.

I've been hit on the street while motionless multiple times, even on a bike.

I can drive.. I've won two regional roadracing championships driving around drivers i trust. But my mindset on the street is to not expect anybody to drive well at all, and when they actually do hit me, I want to get hit in my biggest plastic truck.
 
last2brake said:
^^^^^I agreed with everything you said except this....^^^^

I have avoided hitting spinning cars dozens of times on the race track, a few times on the street, and a couple of times on a motorcycle.

I've been hit on the street while motionless multiple times, even on a bike.

I can drive.. I've won two regional roadracing championships driving around drivers i trust. But my mindset on the street is to not expect anybody to drive well at all, and when they actually do hit me, I want to get hit in my biggest plastic truck.
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i was quoting as close as possible, George Carlin

he was poking fun of the people who were buying SAAB cars back in those days, due to SAAB promoting the "roll cage" construction of their "safe cars"...

that made George speak up about......."If you knew how to drive, you could be a safe driver"......
 
Shibadog said:
Anyone who bought one of these is just wanting the “hey look ay me I’m cool”, kinda like the dude with straight pipes or the diesel pickup that lays a smoke screen.
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when i was working in the garage biddness, i had a Ford Pinto..orange in color, half vinyl roof, and factory mag wheels...

i looked cool.
 
I’ll give you it’s a time of huge changes. Gotta give the devil his due-Musk’s folks developed and use reusable rockets-neither the USA, the CCCP or anyone else did that. This whole robotics thing I find a bit disturbing-esp the push toward autonomous human like robots. I never figured The Terminator would become a documentary…..
 
Shibadog said:
I’ll give you it’s a time of huge changes. Gotta give the devil his due-Musk’s folks developed and use reusable rockets-neither the USA, the CCCP or anyone else did that. This whole robotics thing I find a bit disturbing-esp the push toward autonomous human like robots. I never figured The Terminator would become a documentary…..
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i have said it many times to my family after watching movies like the Terminator, and others regarding "robotic" things.

i have told them THAT will happen in the future, and i "see" it a valuable military use...send in the robots, load them up with explosives, and BAM....save US soldiers lives.....

Boston Robotics has "dogs"

the chinese have life like humans.....

only a matter of time.........and they will all be going into wars..

maybe yes indeed...even from the enemy to wreak havoc here.
 
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