[SecondAmendment]

Musk destroyed Tesla's current customer base by allowing "free" (i.e. non-leftist) speech on Twitter.

However I have a brilliant idea on how Tesla can disrupt the auto industry again, while going from 5% to 50% of domestic new car sales.

Make a ICE only hybrid Cybertruck (all electric drivetrain with a sub 3 liter gas engine generator).

It would have all of the handling, torque, and power advantages of an EV version without range anxiety or over reliance on rare earth metals (with the exception of the drivetrain).

And all I ask of Musk for this plan to disrupt and own the domestic auto industry is I get the first one off of the assembly line (fully loaded of course).

[woodbutcher1963]

Tesla needs a bigger aluminum casting machine to build the cyber truck frame all in one piece. That is what is holding up production. The Italian company that built the machines that cast the car frames is making an even larger machine to cast the truck frame in a one piece uni-body.

This is the key to speeding up the manufacturing process.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Back in the late 90s to early 2000s Ben and Harold Rosen were working on a flywheel generator to power cars. Harold figured out geostationary orbit for satellites and Ben was a big mover at Compaq, neither of them slouches. Rosen Motors tried for years to find a major manufacturer partner but none wanted to outsource their powertrain.

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I have no doubt Musk could perfect this tech and he already has the vehicles to deploy it. It’s likely available at a reasonable price too.