Elon is not wrong about much, but he’s dead wrong about this. This topic is far outside his otherwise large wheelhouse. This flu season will kill about 34,000 people in the US this year and its mortality rate is about 0.9%. Coronavirus has a likely mortailty rate of about 1 to 2% under ideal...
Not to mention that low drag increases efficiency, maintaining or decreasing as little as possible, the range of the vehicle.
Also, maybe a pop-up camper version could be done!
Folks are talking about not needing a tri-motor because they won't be towing anything. This is not really relevant, because the base CT will probably out tow any current pickup truck, so that's not even an issue
And I agree, get a tri-motor for the awesome range! You could charge that bad boy...
Game changer indeed! That's what convinced me to sign up for the tri-motor. 500 miles is greater range than most gas or diesel powered vehicles, and also makes it easy to plan finding a charger on a road trip.
Which reminds me, chargers are popping up everywhere. Over Thanksgiving I saw...