> Also amusing coming from the CEO of a brand who's electric truck starts at $60,000 for a "work truck" with vinyl seats, and climbs to nearly $100,000

Agreed, but if anyone thinks the CyberTruck is coming out at $39K like Elon originally promised, I have a bridge to sell you.

If anyone thinks the CyberTruck is coming out, I'll sell you the land for that bridge.

It's all but guaranteed to come out, I think, probably this year, depending on how you define "come out".

But when it comes out it will sell like ice-cream in Hell, despite how bad or expensive it is.

I'll even throw in the sky above that land for free ;-)

> Sounds pretty "Silicon Valley" to me, at least as far as price is concerned.

So are we going to call all EVs "Silicon Valley" now because they have expensive components? The smallest battery size for a F150 Lightning is 98 kWh. A Google search for EV battery prices shows a ton of volatility in prices due to the pandemic, but it's reasonable to assume a battery of that size is around $15,000 alone.

> at least as far as price is concerned

There is a significant portion of the USA that will take on 84 month loans, make negative-equity trade-ins, or refinance their homes if it means they can get a new truck.

Did you see their decisions on the new Bronco making it a luxury SUV pricing it out of the realm of 98% of the population?

Government subsidy farm valley

> "I don't make trucks regular people want... I make trucks for people who want to spend lots of money" – a more accurate statement, I think.

I don’t think these people want to spend lots of money. It’s just that this is all that’s on the market in North America.