Tesla Pickup Design: This Could Be New Vehicle's Best Feature

There’s no denying that Elon Musk’s Tesla pickup is one of the most interesting vehicles that the electric automobile company has introduced -- or hasn’t introduced.

Even if we’ve been aware of the Tesla pickup’s existence for months now (it was first introduced early this year via a teaser), we are yet to see what the actual utility vehicle looks like. Tesla has been keeping the pickup, unofficially being referred to as the Tesla Model B, under wraps and people can help themselves but be seriously intrigued.

Of course, it doesn’t help our curiosity that Musk has provocatively described the Tesla pickup as the coolest car he has ever seen and that it will sport a “cyberpunk” look that sparked creativity among concept designers and fans. The Tesla pickup is expected to be futuristic and out-of-this-world, a bold direction away from the conventional designs of today’s modern vehicles.

We’ve seen some truly amazing design from concept designers - from ultra-large vehicles to Star Wars-inspired renders. It’s an exciting proposition and some people can’t wait until the expected November 2019 reveal.

Now as thrilling as that may all sound, there are those that say that the cyberpunk appeal of the Tesla pickup is actually not the most exciting feature of the new utility vehicle. You see aside from the futuristic design, the pickup is also expected to run as much as 500 miles on a full charge - that’s enough juice to even powerup some electric tools when located in a remote area.

The Tesla Model B will also have a considerably lower price compared to competition like Ford’s electric F-150 or Rivian’s R1T. Per Musk, Tesla will be releasing an electric pickup that’s less than $50,000.

But the real contention, it seems, is the Tesla pickup’s power. Musk boasted that the Model B will have a towing capacity of 300,000 pounds - far superior compared to competition like Rivian’s 11,000-pound towing capacity.

According to some analysts in the podcast MarketFoolery, the towing power of the Tesla pickup can be likened to putting 20 T-Rex dinosaurs on a carriage and the Tesla pickup can pull them down the road.

“This is the one that surprises me -- 300,000-pound towing capacity. For comparison, this year's model of the F-150, 2019, has a towing capacity with a special configuration of the truck of only 13,200 pounds. To put that into context, as if everyone knows the size of a dinosaur, the T-Rex, the Ford can haul about one T-Rex down the road,” Mac Greer, podcast host, said.

“To put it in a more familiar context, 300,000 pounds is about the weight of four fully loaded semi-trucks with trailers, with a gross vehicle made of 80,000 pounds apiece,” Jim Mueller, another senior analyst, said.