I was really disappointed by the truck. I was expecting something great. I think the CT is a failure and will not sell well. And some of the claims were just nonsense. Cold rolled stainless can be formed into any shape, Tesla may not have the manufacturing ability to actually do it - but the design is pretty bad even with a limitation of origami. I'm not sure how you get out if you are trapped inside and can't break the windows. I assume the windows don't roll down. So... how do you get out?

Most importantly, I don't think the towing or hauling capacity will be very good. I'd be surprised if it could tow a typical camp trailer more than about 150 miles on a charge. Assuming a 200kwh battery and just doubling the range of a Model X - towing a camp trailer would net something like 100 miles of range. And then you're looking at over 2 hours to recharge at a 150kw charging station. It just doesn't pencil out as a functional product for that use. Assuming 150 towing range, it will cost about $50 for every 150 miles of range at the current supercharger fee rate as well. A typical diesel truck at $4/gal and 12mpg towing would cost $50 per 150 miles of towing making the cost a wash between the two. But the diesel truck will have an empty range of up to 800 miles and a towing range of 300+.

And it's just ugly. It really does look like a drawing a 5 year old would make. The Rivian looks great. And the Model S and 3 are also pretty good looking cars. The CT is just a WTF happened situation for me. My only real guess is that they don't actually intend to deliver very many of them so they made something that most people don't really want. I don't think there's much profit in them. The battery pack alone at current pricing will cost $30,000 to manufacture.

I would much rather have a PHEV truck like the 2021 Rav4 where I could get 40 miles of EV range and then have a gas or diesel engine to go from there. I'm probably going to buy a Rav4 PHEV if they don't also offer a Lexus version to replace our RX. I could do most of my local driving on EV and also use the same truck for remote camping and towing duty, neither of which are possible with the Tesla truck. And it looks pretty likely that Toyota will have that option in the next few years. Ford may also have something similar.