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Needs a winch to pull deer into the bed.

It's amazing how many people can't see themselves living in the future. Like everyone is clamoring for the past. Hard to find more than a few willing to drive technology from the 70s and later. Don't worry, no ones going to make you guys buy one. Times coming where good old natural aspirated engines will be a thing of the past. At least grumpy old dudes are funny. I wonder, how many of you are still changing points on your vehicle because you don't like newer electronic technology?

I bet an old dude from the 60s wouldn't think of getting into the plush, pimp mobile trucks most you guys drive around, talking on your hands free smart phone to where ever your GPS tells you to go.

Please post up a picture of your new electric car or truck. Being stuck in the past, driving an internal combustion powered truck beats being stuck in a new electric truck without any electricity...

You're more polite'er than I am.

Well, hopefully you'll be long gone before the ole combustion engine is gone. I plan to drive on, on whatever, when the time comes. I ain't scared.

Absolutely, electric trucks are a long way from being daily drivers. Technology has got a lot to overcome to get electric trucks where the outdated internal combustion powered trucks are today. People seem to forget what a battery is made of and what it takes to make one and be able to recharge it, not to mention how long it will last and how much it will take to replace it. The environmental community is all about this technology too, and the impact of all the batteries that need to replace internal combustion powered vehicles will contribute more to pollution than these short sighted people comprehend...

Tesla is probably also working on an electric gun, so you can do just that...

Star Trek called them Fasers, didn't they?

The problem with Tesla concept vehicles is that they often are too close to what ends up being the production vehicle. The Model X, with it's idiotic gull wing doors, being the prime example of this.

If this image is what the Tesla pickup looks like in production, I ain't going to even look at one. But assuming that someone hides the blunts from Musk long enough to get him to approve a more conventional looking truck, I'd definitely be interested.

I bought a Model S (P85) in 2013 when they were just starting mass production of the model and even though there were a lot of early problems with drive units that needed to be replaced (multiple times) and a bunch of other things that weren't particularly well thought out, I was very impressed with the tech and execution of the car. So much so, I upgraded to the P85D the next year and kept it until late last year. I would have bought another Model S had they done something to keep it current, but it became a dated design with less useful tech than other premium vehicles so we no longer have a Tesla.

There's a LOT to be said for Tesla vehicles. They are very strong, performance-wise, and very efficient as well. In 5 years, we never had a single problem with either of our Teslas (over 100,000 miles) and the performance was as good after 4 years as it was new.

I hate the company, though, and I hate the lunatic fanboys even more. BUT, they are great vehicles and if they can get a pickup with 500 miles of actual range, have similar capabilities for cargo and towing, and it was priced at the same level of an F150 or Silverado, I'd take the risk on buying one.

Finally. A truck for the man bun wearing metrosexual boys.