Tesla plans to sell trucks: big semis, pickups, too

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1. We need to get away from SUVs

Not transfer them to the electric vehicle realm. A vehicle of that size requires more power, much more, to put into motion. This will require more battery materials, which themselves take much energy to mine, refine, and process into batteries, creating more of the waste and CO2 emissions we don't want to have, and then there's the energy needed to charge them.

This is one of those desperate efforts to keep things going as they are rather than trying to adjust ourselves to the changes that need to occur.

And this company isn't exactly kind to its labour

http://capitalandmain.com/charge-time-electric-car-workers-accuse-tesla-of-low-pay-and-intimidation-0406

But after originally describing Tesla as “union neutral,” Musk said on an earnings call in February that “there are really only disadvantages to someone to want the UAW here.” In a later email to workers, Musk delivered a point-by-point rebuttal to Moran’s Medium post, arguing that overtime had decreased and incident rates were below average. Instead of offering workers better wages and input on production, Musk promised “a really amazing party” for the launch of the Model 3, “free frozen yogurt stands” at the factory and “a Tesla electric pod roller coaster” connecting the parking lots. “It’s going to get crazy good,” Musk concluded.