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    DeLoreans of the EV Age

    Started by RE Feb 06, 2024, 01:14 PM

    Message path : / Society / Tech is always to the rescue / This Woman Turned Her Tesla Model 3 Into a Pickup Truck #34


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    Feb 06, 2024, 01:14 PM
    As if Teslas weren't unrealistic enough as the Future of Transportation, these so-called "next gen" EVs take the fantasies of rich technophiles to a whole new level.  As you might expect, the pricetags on all but one of them are stratospheric, and they boast performance specs that make a Ferrari ICE 12 cylinder look like a lawnmower engine.

    You will positively puke when you listen to the advertising text that the narrator gushes out, as he practically has an orgasm describing the features of each of these vehicles.

    There are some good concepts in here, a mini cargo vehicle system and a monorail vehicle that takes a standard railroad track and turns it into a bidirectional public transit system, but even these ideas are totally overwhelmed by impracticalities and outrageous pricetags.

    Stuff looks great at the annual car show, and keeps a few lucky auto engineers who are probably related to the Ford family or Toyota family in a high paying job.  Otherwise, you'll never see them in production.  John DeLorean is smiling in his grave.


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