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I'm surprised Tesla went for a truck before a full sized van, delivery services are buying fleets of them and an electric could save them $$$

Posted by zeitgeist Nov 21 '19, 14:07

I mean you lease the van, no gas, much less maintenace, 300 miles should be more than enough area to cover, hired drivers don't fall in love with their truck and write country songs about them

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Because trucks and SUVs are the two big markets in the US. -- nm - TWuG Nov 21, 16:30
Not sure what north american sales look like, but they probably felt they needed to crack into Ford's F150 numbers before Ford could launch the F150EV -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 14:21 1
- shouldn't be that hard to put a van body on a truck frame anyway -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 21, 16:01

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I'm surprised Tesla went for a truck before a full sized van, delivery services are buying fleets of them and an electric could save them $$$

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