I appreciate Tesla for taking the pick up truck use cases and building something from scratch. This is the first pick up truck I’ve ever thought to myself “makes sense and I want it.” The ICE trucks have needy engines and most of the time the power is unused. The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place. I would love to take the Cybertruck off-roading. I’m also excited to see these on the road. It will make my inner kid feel like we finally made it to the future.
>The air suspension seems like a natural fit and I’m surprised it’s not already common place.
IIRC this was a thing on land rovers back in the day, and was notoriously unreliable. It's a great idea in theory, but much more difficult to get right than a bunch of steel springs.
Don't forget to adjust those mpg figures by ~13% for the higher energy density (and CO2 emissions) for diesel vs gasoline. So 30mpg diesel is ~ like 26.5 mpg gasoline.
