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They are? I have heard of the semi trucks but not smaller trucks.

Musk has said that it's his 'favorite next product': https://electrek.co/guides/tesla-pickup-truck/

Elon Musk says a lot of things, I’ll believe that they have a viable pickup when it’s rolling off the assembly lines. I’m also not sure that the market for pickups will care too much about having an EV. All in all it’s a very different market with a different customer base than luxury sedans.

more torque! highly capable AWD

And a quieter ride. I bet a significant % of the existing "truck" market would be interested in these features.

Yea I fully agree. In my experience the truck market is the one that is the most attached to their ICE's. I could be wrong, but Tesla will probably have a lot of trouble taking a solid portion of that market.

There has been market research and this 'attached to ICE' is true as long as people don't see a viable option that the can compare to.

There will surely people who will hold on to ICE but if you can buy a produce that has electric drive train and competes on all metric its is incredibly unlikely that it would not find a market.

Specially if it has features that ICE don't have, like the ability to attach power tools.

People who actually use their trucks would love them. They would have full tourqe at 0 RPM. It would be awesome for towing. The lack of an engine bay could give it a huge bed, or a frunk to store things out of the weather...

>Elon Musk says a lot of things

Like landing first stages, apparently. Crazy guy.

Musk is not known for delivering on time.

I'm sure at some point he'll deliver a pickup truck, and it will probably be quite popular. But until he actually starts delivering it, it's kind of pointless to plan around.

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