You are welcome to take Bloomberg source as "still clearing backlog" and live in your bubble of latching on every possible bad news about Tesla.
Are you saying you can drive without ever touching the brake? Do you live in an empty country with zero traffic or junctions?
Do go and drive an EV with an open mind, spend sometime get used to one pedal driving.
One thing for sure, I've not seen many pickup trucks in UK, mainland Europe and China. The last one is said to be fastest growing car market.
So please stop focusing on pickup trucks, or EV's we can't buy on this island.
FFS you were the one that provided the Bloomberg link to back up your claim that Tesla weren't still clearing the backlog. You were the one that claimed that Tesla had recieved it had recieved 400k pre orders for the Model 3. One graph in that Bloomberg article shows the number of Model 3's produced so far using Tesla's own figures. The total was less than 300k cars. The only person living in a bubble would be you. You can't accept cold hard facts. You were trying to make a false claim, I corrected it. Deal with it like a man and stop whingeing.
I didn't say I can drive without touching the brake, I just use the brake pedal sparingly. I allow the car to slow by engine braking, and dab the brake lightly to ensure correct speed or if I do actually have to stop. Observe the road properly, you can keep the car rolling when you approach a junction, if the road is clear, keep going, if the road isn't clear gentle pressure on the brakes will stop the car with very little dust.
On several occasions, I drove my sister in law's 66 plate leaf when she had it. Bloody awful car. About as good as driving a Bradshaw Personnel Carrier only quicker.
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&s...FjABegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw0b_UegIX6dMtFZuUDlZfIh
In fact the Bradshaw is more fun to drive.
I can't speak for China but if you haven't seen many pick up trucks in Europe or UK, you must have your head firmly up your arse.
Just last month alone 50.9k Ford Rangers were sold in Europe. You would have more chance of seeing one of them than an EV as only 44k Ev's were sold in total in Europe last month. As VW, Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi and other manufacturers sell pick up trucks in Europe, they are outselling Ev's by a big margin even though EV sales are on the increase.
Once the F150 is available as an EV, there is every chance it will be available in the UK, it has only been down to the fuel economy that has prevented many F Series trucks being sold in this country. But they have been sold in the past, in fact I know for a fact one will be in Norfolk this weekend. You may even see it in action on itv4 on Sunday, failing that it will be in Hampshire, a fortnight later, in Scotland a few weeks after that, then Northampton and then Kent. You will likely have to wait until March or April next year after that. Or if you are in Essex just outside the M25 you may catch a glimpse of another one, 6.7L V8 turbodiesel 450bhp and 935lb-ft of Torque. ;
You are welcome to take Bloomberg source as "still clearing backlog". But there are multiple anecdotal stories that have claimed to have ordered the car and received within weeks (some even days), in the US and mainland Europe. That doesn't sound like "still clearing backlog". Being stories, I won't put a claim on they have or have not cleared their backlog, because we don't know without a PR.
But yes, constantly changing speed by regen and speeding up is not efficient. Most efficient way to drive is to coast. A practice illegal in ICE cars UK but not illegal with EV.
More twists and turns, comparing one pickup truck series stat against a young car manufacturer. Deliberately avoid answering the question.
You are right, Tesla supplying a car within weeks or days of an order being placed doesn't sound like "clearing backlog" it sounds like total b******t. There is only 3 ways any car company could supply a car that quick.
1. The car company only has a handful of orders.
2. The car company has already built a car to the same specification and the order has been cancelled
3. The build of the same spec car has already been started and the order cancelled.
Coasting isn't the most efficient way, the engine is still burning fuel. Also it isn't illegal to coast in an ICE car, but if you are coasting and involved in an accident you could then possibly be prosecuted for not having proper control of the vehicle.
The only reason I haven't answered the question of how many pick up trucks are sold in the world compared to saloon cars is because I have been unable to find the answer. I am not avoiding answering your stupid question at all.. If you are that desperate to know the answer try looking it up yourself.
