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The tri-motor AWD vehicle, according to Musk, will offer 520 miles of range and 1100 horsepower. That range bests Lucid’s EPA estimated 517 miles that was announced last month. The Model S Plaid has a top speed of 200 mph. As Tesla puts it, "The only thing beyond Ludicrous is Plaid.”

Of course all that speed and cost will cost you a pretty penny. Actually quite a lot of pennies. The Model S Plaid costs $139,990 making it out of reach for all but a few—and a far cry from the $25,000 EV Musk also promised, but that one not for three years.


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probably 499 miles

with 1100 HP it wouldn't even know the trailer was hitched

they will need the $139,990 deposit

they will need the $139,990 deposit

If it can tow 9,000 lbs for 499 miles, I'll take TWO!

A Ford pickup can tow more than that for 500 miles on one tank of gas for less than half the price

That's the joke.

There's absolutely no way any Tesla EV has a towing range of 499 miles for a 9,000 lb trailer.  I'd be surprised if it could even do 100 miles.  Which is my point, every time I bring this up.  All of the folks predicting a complete changeover to all EV by 2035, or 2050, or 2070, aren't accounting for all of the use cases.  And I'll add that towing isn't even a corner case, it's a very common use case.

(I'm not saying CD made the assertion that all vehicles would be EV by 2035 or any other year, just pointing out the challenges with getting ENTIRELY there, in ANY future year.  The ICE just isn't going away for EVERY application, any time in the even the NOT near term).

Also I'll point out that not ALL Ford pickups can tow more than that on one tank of gas.  250/350 diesels can, but my F150 gas-turbo can do about 350-400 miles on one tank (36 gallons) towing my 9,000 lb trailer.  Around 10-11 mpg.

being in the telecom/ISP business for the past 30 years

nothing changes as quickly as salesman and consulting engineering firms want it to

we all wish everyone in America had a fiber optic internet connection 10 years ago, but it'll be more than ten years from now before everyone has fiber

They were supposed to have fiber to my house a decade ago.  Still not here, and this is in Austin metro which is more advanced than a lot of other cities.

AT&T got their fiber within a mile or so, a decade ago, and didn't put any more into it.

Google got their fiber within one block of me, about 4 years ago, and then stopped.