So Tesla unveiled their upcoming full size pickup truck, and the design has opinions on it split. If the specs are real then it'll be by far the best value in a full sized truck for anyone that doesn't drive their truck hundreds of miles at a time with a trailer.

The fuel savings alone compared with the sub 20 mpg full size pickups often get will make the $40,000 Tesla truck more like buying a $30k truck once fuel costs are considered.

Driving 100,000 miles at 20 mpg takes 5000 gallons of fuel. At $2.50 a gallon (quite a conservative estimate of what fuel will average over the next ten years) would end up costing $12,500. And that doesn't even factor in the thousands of dollars in maintenance and repair the drivetrain is likely to need over 8-10 years, costs an electric are unlikely to have.

The Tesla, if it goes 85mpge (about 10% lower than the model x, their current most inefficient model) then it'll use around .4 kWh per mile driven, which would mean 40000kWh, and with each kWH letra say power costs rise a little over the next ten years and average about $.13 per kWH. That would make the fuel cost for the Tesla around $5200, or$7300 less than the gas powered truck before you consider the lower maintenance and repair costs. And the longer you keep the Tesla and further you drive it, the cheaper it becomes relative to the gas truck.

And this assumes the Tesla truck isn't as efficient as the model x, and that your full size truck actually gets 20mpg, figures for real life efficiency I can find show they usually get much lower (http://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/f-150), if it's more efficient or your truck is less efficient then it's even cheaper.

The only issue is if you like the sharp lines of the new vehicle or not. Personally I think it looks good. What do you guys think?

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