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The one piece of real #Cybertruck info that was slipped through at the #Tesla investor call seems to be confirmation that the final version will be shorter than 19 feet (5.79 metres). How much shorter? Wasn’t mentioned, but probably not much. That will be about 9–10cm shorter than original specs and clearly shorter than an #F150 #Lightning #EV. While not exactly a short vehicle (even an #eJumpy van is 50cm shorter), it’s still somewhat of a positive development from a European perspective.
Another thing that was also confirmed was that the #Cybertruck bed will still be over 6 feet (1.83 metres), and the longest of any full crew cab pickup of that length. It is likely, however, to be shorter than the 6.5’ (1.98 metres) that was thrown around after the original launch event.
Interestingly that bed is not long enough to transport tatamis (e.g. for #aikido). Unlike the @VWGroup@mastodon.social #IDBuzz which managed fine once back seats were folded.
The @VWGroup@mastodon.social #IDBuzz is actually a wonderfully versatile #EV for its size. Charming too. Just a pity they priced it at a very high level and that it lacks 4WD. Otherwise it would be a grab. Ground clearance is also a bit limited, but I could maybe live with that. The price, though, made me very sad.
@tylopoda @VWGroup@mastodon.social logically the longer one would be more expensive. But I just wonder if #VW will play the US #EV market differently and actually have a lower price there (also remember that European prices include taxes). Though really I’d like to see them uniformly dropping 20K off (at least the passenger version). That would make sense for me and what you are getting, and more fitting as a ‘folks wagon’. But can they produce them at that level?
@tylopoda @VWGroup@mastodon.social I think weird can work if the price and offering fits. Just look at the interest surrounding the #Cybertruck. If the #IDBuzz price in the US is higher than that or the #Ford #Lightning, I think it won’t fly. Equally if either of those enter the European market at a price that heavily undercuts the ID.Buzz, things will be very tough for that product.
@Setok @VWGroup I think you’re right that there is potentially a good amount of overlap in the potential customer bases for those. Larger families probably wouldn’t consider the trucks but the majority will be singles, couples, or those with at most one or two kids and the trucks work just as well for them.
@tylopoda @VWGroup@mastodon.social well, both trucks take 5 passengers, same as the European ID.Buzz, so in terms of family capacity they're equal. The ID.Buzz is less unwieldy (it's actually a really nice size). Size will definitely negatively impact interested of the American trucks here in Europe. Still, if you end up paying 10–20K less and get 4WD...