Captainp4

At the risk of sounding like an old guy, this seems gimmicky and just more stuff to not work right when the trucks get some miles on them. But Ford usually proves me wrong when I start thinking like that, so we'll see I guess.

Without a snap on or similar pro level scan tool you won't get much info out of it, my money would be on a junk CPS with the info given and no other way to get info if we're guessing. But could be a lot of things, including HPOP, IDM, etc.

Where'd you get the CPS? I fought with my 96 for way longer than I needed to after buying an amazon cps. They only like motorcraft/international electric parts for some reason.

Could try getting on Twitter and @ -ing some of the big names. Mike Levine, Jim Farley, etc. They're fairly active and you see them solving issues sometimes.

Pretty amazing they can get 500 miles at 81k lbs, we can't get much over 100 with Lightning pulling a heavy trailer. Next gen mega charger with liquid cooled charging and they're going to use it for cybertruck. Tesla continues to extend their lead. What ever happened to the liquid cooled charging system Ford was working on?

Look at how many engine families and different bell housings Ford had from the 50s to early 00's compared to chevy. Ford has a definite history of changing things for no apparent reason. It's probably a good thing for innovation and making things better, but man is it a head ache for the hot rodder. Seems like they finally landed on the mod bell housing after all these years, but I'm sure there will be a half year change at some point for some unknown reason lol

Saw this video this morning, a decent amount of assumptions but he is pretty good about going to both extremes with his math. We should know more tomorrow when the first ones are delivered

BEV semis are allowed 82k

I'd say that depends which ford you're talking about and your mechanical ability. If you can't fix it yourself you might be better off buying from a dealer that will warranty. If there's a specific truck in mind you can search facebook groups or more tech oriented forums for common issues and see if they're something you feel comfortable tackling (and how much more it's going to cost you to weigh your options)

Never cared for the 6.2 in the sooper poopy, always thought the older v10s pulled better. Would have been cool to see it utilized in a high performance application, but it didn't make a great truck engine the way it was imo. 6.8/7.3 makes sense when you look at canning the 6.2, and there's no reason it can't make a wild performance engine either if they do an aluminum block, a little port work, intake and a bigger bump stick.. but I'm guessing it's not likely.

I know, just a little poking at those that think external forces and circumstance only affect F

Guess the 5 new EVs were vApORwARe

Just wait until Elon tweets something walstreet doesn't like and buy it up

I thought I heard somewhere they get stock in the company, but maybe that's just salary.

Thank you for an actual answer. Bumper height I'm not sure I see much difference there, this thing would be in a super duty class weight wise I'd assume, but even half ton height looks similar. I don't have numbers and just thinking out loud on this point, but I think there's similar distance from the front bumper to the passenger area, just visually looks so short up front because of the design of the A pillar and large windshield. I do see the point on the A pillar possibly being an issue, but I don't think we'd still be seeing the same design on pre-production units that they're showing in public if it was that much of an issue and it was going to change drastically when they get to production. I'd venture a guess that the Tesla team can figure that one out (the crash structure is under the skin anyway, who knows what's going on underneath there). I could be wrong, but I guess we'll find out soon enough.

So we're down to 5% margin if I skimmed that correctly?

That's not what I said at all, but okay

Not trying to be obtuse here, but.. what about it? It has a bumper and a vertical "grill" area like any other pickup.. probably less area than the overgrown grills of current trucks

What makes it different then any other pickup in that context? It has a giant single wiper on it now that also looks terrible.

Well obviously the price is going to increase with everything that is going on outside of vehicles, like every other BEV (including lightning). The initial 40k price target is a pipe dream now and I believe Tesla already stated that it will increase. What about this won't meet safety requirements? Looks like it has all the lights it needs and the required mirrors https://www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-cybertruck-spied-tail-light-design/ Edit: I know there's a lot more to safety requirements than the lights and mirrors, just asking if I'm missing something obvious about the design that wouldn't make it safe or legal

I mean, I see there's an actual concept But that first video really isn't cgi? I can't tell if you guys are f'in with me or not lol

Tesla is building stuff too. Ford has made promises about products that are still "vaporware" too. Cybertruck will be in production in '23 and they'll sell every hideous one they make, I'll bet you one internet point ?

Where do I put my reservation in? ?

Can say the same about all the new BEVs and huge sales number Ford has promised from them.... Might've been something going on with global supply chain holding things up a little. Same as Ford (and people on here) touting lightning and bronco reservations, Tesla has demand for every vehicle they build for the foreseeable future and production increasing dramatically as the giga plants come online. Reservations are a strong indicator of demand.

That video I quoted isn't CGI?