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At the end of the first video, there's a comment that the team is working "to make sure this product is ready for market in 2027". If Ford can actually deliver these during the 2027 calendar year, that would be faster than I expected. The Scout pickup is also supposedly scheduled for 2027, and...

Yes, but fortunately Tesla went back to the drawing board and came up with the attractive and universally-beloved Cybertruck design instead. And you can even enhance it with an elegant wrap.

And we are left stranded on the dock, wondering what could have been ... This was Motor Trend's best guess in September 2019, after Tesla announced that they had a pickup in development, but before the Cybertruck reveal. Yeah, Tesla could probably have put something like that on the market for...

The "Ranchero" (if that is really the name) may be an EV pickup, but I doubt that anyone will be cross-shopping it with the Cybertruck.

Just to be clear, none of this applies to the Cybertruck. The Cybertruck is very clearly differentiated from the Model Y (and from everything else for that matter). Maybe Cybertruck sales could be better, but that has nothing to do with the success of the Model Y.

The Model Y is one of the most successful car models of our time. It is clearly taking sales away from the ICE competition, like Toyota and Honda. But there is one downside to the Model Y's success that is often overlooked: it is also taking away sales from other Tesla car models. The fact is...

Good question. There's reason to believe that a surge of EVs (particularly Tesla Model Ys and Model 3s) will be coming off lease in 2026, and driving down the prices of used vehicles:

The good news is that the Model Y had impressive US sales in Q1 2026. The bad news is that the Q1 numbers used to be even more better. For example, Cox estimated 96,729 MY deliveries in Q1 2023. So the Q1 2026 number is down by about 19% from the peak Q1 number in 2023. Same pattern with the...

Well, Tesla does. But they aren't very communicative. Back in Q3 2024, Tesla announced "positive gross margin" on Cybertrucks. But in Q3 2024, CTs were starting at $99,990 (Foundation AWD) and $119,990 (Foundation Cyberbeast). So the average transaction price had to be above $100,000. Today...

Elon has indicated that Tesla has no plans to develop any new manually-driven car models beyond the forthcoming Roadster:

The good news is that the Model Y is still selling well in California. The bad news is that the Model 3 and the Cybertruck aren't, and the Model S and Model X have been discontinued. And even the Model Y isn't selling as well as it used to. So overall, Tesla sales in California are falling. 1Q...

Tesla's two US factories (Fremont CA and Austin TX) are actually facing a double whammy from (1) the loss of the federal tax credit in the US, and (2) high tariffs in China, Europe, and Canada on US-made vehicles. Globally, EV sales are booming. That sounds like good news for Tesla, and in fact...

It looks like Ford has given up on selling the F-150 in Germany. It's not currently listed on the ford.de website. The smaller Ranger pickup is still readily available in Germany, but the Ranger is a global model that is manufactured at plants outside of the US. Apparently European Rangers come...

Another issue with China/Europe sales is the current tariff situation. It's become difficult to sell American-made vehicles (like the Cybertruck) in markets like China, Europe, and even Canada because of recently imposed retaliatory tariffs. That's probably one of the factors that led to the...

Just for the record, radar detectors are reportedly illegal in most (but not all) parts of Canada:

China and Europe are Tesla's biggest markets, along with US/Canada. But even if Tesla could overcome the regulatory hurdles, the Cybertruck probably wouldn't sell well in those markets. There is little "pickup culture" in China or Europe, and few sales of full-sized vehicles (like the CT). The...

The Slate approach here is 180-degrees different from the Cybertruck approach. The Cybertruck has stainless steel body panels, which are more expensive than painted steel or aluminum, but also more durable. In theory, they are unlikely to get damaged, so you may never need to replace them. In...

This isn't a crazy idea; the forthcoming Slate EV pickup will have a gray plastic body and no paint options for exactly those reasons. If you want colors other than gray, it's designed to be easily wrapped. Cost is supposedly <$30,000 (we'll see).

Maybe so, but remember, the Tesla website currently calls it the $70K DMAWD (or to be more precise, the $69,990 DMAWD, but that's just a $10 difference). Tesla did offer them for $60K, but only briefly.

Let's recap Tesla's recent price testing and the resuilts (from Tesla's point of view): Test #1:. OK, let's start with the $79,990 AWD Cybertruck. Take out one motor and make it RWD. Lose the adaptive air suspension and the 20-inch wheels; use coil springs and 18-inch steelies instead. This...