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Comment of the Day: We Have a Better Name for the Tesla Truck
Comment of the Day: We Have a Better Name for the Tesla Truck-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:13:01

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Today we saw a moment of innovation, the likes of which had not been seen since some BMW engineers , or maybe since people in the . We got a Tesla pickup truck! There was only one problem: the name.

Robotics YouTuber chopped a Model 3 so that it has a pickup bed. This is wonderful! Less wonderful: Truckla.

If you want an electric pickup truck, you sort of don’t have any options right now because none…

Why is this less than fantastic? Because there is such a better option lying right there for the taking as Jalopnik reader Illegal Machine notes:

This is a great question Illegal Machine. My initial thought was just “Teslamino,” but E-Camino is even tidier. It is also historically accurate, as Tesla does make its cars in America in GM’s old NUMMI plant. Hell, GM made El Caminos there back when it was the troubled .

It’s a pickup with class! What better holder of the ElCo crown could there be.

Congratulations to you, Illegal Machine, on your COTD win. Here’s some smooth electric jams.

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