Electric Vehicles

[sancarlos]

[brian]

Saw a Tesla semi truck heading into the Gigafactory outside Reno the other day. Kind of weird looking but kind of cool.

Electric trucks seems like a no-brainer, but I also remember reading that towing anything with a Tesla seriously reduces its range. Life, more affect than on ICEs. I don't remember the explanation for why. But maybe it's just a configuration thing. Obviously they wouldn't have built a semi without addressing range and towing capacity.

Yeah they’re still a decade away from solving the issue of being able to tow 80,000 lbs with an electric power train but it’ll be a huge win for reducing carbon when they get there.

What kind of effect do you think this will have on your new profession?

By the time it has a chance to significantly impact me I’ll be dead or retired so <shrug>

[Johnnie]

Bruh.

[Steve of phpBB]

Holy shit, Dave. I hope your wife is doing ok. I'm sorry to hear that.

Thanks. It was amazing, other than some bruises, she just had a broken finger that wasn't quite bad enough to go to the emergency room. The SUV took the damage for her. Luckily it hit her on the passenger side and I guess wasn't going as fast as it could have been. The whole process of dealing with their insurance, finding a new car, buying it, arranging the loan and insurance has been a major pain in the ass, but I'm pretty excited for the Tesla.

Yikes. I'm glad she's okay.

[Shirley]

https://www.kbb.com/car-news/report-evs ... ered-cars/

[A_B]

I don’t know. But I think. Maybe. Just. Just maybe. It was a joke.

But enjoy the Tesla!

[Steve of phpBB]

https://www.kbb.com/car-news/report-evs ... ered-cars/

The autopilot is also probably way less likely to hit toddlers than cars that aren't using autopilot.

[The Sybian]

The autopilot is also probably way less likely to hit toddlers than cars that aren't using autopilot.

I've probably ranted about it before, but it drives me nuts when the media makes a huge deal out of a self-driving car getting into an accident. It's inevitable, but human error causes a shitton of accidents every day. Ultimately, self driving cars will save tons of lives and injuries, but there is something chilling about dying due to a self driving car malfunctioning than dying because a person wasn't paying attention behind the wheel.

[govmentchedda]

The thing that chaps me is the TESLA HAS A RECALL ON EVERY CAR headlines. Yeah, it's fixed with WiFi and a software update in like 5 minutes.

[rass]

First cyber truck sighting. GD it’s huge and stupid looking.

[The Sybian]

First cyber truck sighting. GD it’s huge and stupid looking.

Ha, just saw one for the first time on Wednesday. It’s jarring. Much bigger and weirder seeing it on the road.

[DSafetyGuy]

The reported repair time is 35 seconds... to attach the cover of the accelerator to the pedal so that it no longer slides out of place and gets caught in a seam of the car, locking the car in the fully accelerating position.

[Johnnie]

[Steve of phpBB]

I saw my first Cybertruck today. It looks like someone put sheet metal over an El Camino.

[Johnnie]

I saw my first Cybertruck today. It looks like someone put sheet metal over an El Camino.

It's been lovingly referred to as an 'Incel' Camino.

[Steve of phpBB]

I saw my first Cybertruck today. It looks like someone put sheet metal over an El Camino.

It's been lovingly referred to as an 'Incel' Camino.

Lol

[DaveInSeattle]

I saw my first Cybertruck today. It looks like someone put sheet metal over an El Camino.

The one I've seen in my neighborhood has been wrapped/painted some kind of drab olive green. So so so ugly...