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You are kidding, I hope. Having driven F-350s for many years, I would LOVE to have that crab walk feature! The same mechanism that allows the crab walk allows for a MUCH tighter turning radius. Small parking lots are the bane to long trucks...

Pretty close to what I was referring to. Lucid did the study and were simply comparing the official test range of the battery (using the standard EPA-like test) to how well the car would perform at 70 mph. They simply divided the tested range by the range they actually got driving 70 to see...

Their "efficiency" is merely how close the numbers are when traveling 70mph compared to the tested numbers. In reality, the Model 3 went further on a smaller battery.

Physics is physics but surely there could be a more efficient motor/battery/circuit than Tesla has made. But, in this instance, Lucid is saying their range at 70 mph is closer to their rated range than Tesla's range at 70 mpg is to their rated range... Thus, they are more efficient. Truth is...

I'll bet someone else will get there first but they'll use a crap-ton of batteries and won't be competitive. The telling thing here is that Lucid is getting their 500 mile range with a battery that is under 110 KWH in size. If Tesla was that efficient, the CT would be getting 1,000 miles.

Well said. It would seem that getting hydrogen set up along long-haul routes for big trucks would be an easier sell and fast fuel-ups would be a bigger deal. I'm all for cleaner air but I don't think I would bother with a hydrogen vehicle. I mean, we "fuel" up the MY at our house almost...

Yeah! Also, when you put a 50 gallon tank in the bed of your truck, it can be a little heavy AND takes up cargo space.

... and could be why Tesla chose right now to do a 5 for 1 stock split...

True. I mean, Tesla vehicles do have supercar acceleration or at least really close to it. I'd like to point out that my last truck was of the $80k+ variety and while it was a gorgeous Ruby Red Pearl color, it wasn't exactly super styling or fast. High-end vehicles are expensive, that's for...

It's got to be ajdelange for the most technical answers, for sure.

Hmm... makes sense but I'm not going to put 1/4 gallon of gas in my Prius every day.

The truck literally uses gravity to charge the batteries and uses that stored energy to go back up the hill. It works because the truck is loaded when coming down and empty when going back up. It literally never has to be connected to an external power source in order to be able to do it's...

To anyone interested, I just received the Cybertruck keychain I won from the contest and if this website is where the Keychain came from, I'll tell you - that's a nice quality product there. That thing is stout. I wasn't really sure what to expect as I waited for the mail but I was oddly...

Not quite. Ford will use the same architecture from the Mustang Mach E for a lincoln variant. Guess they figured they didn't have time to wait on Rivian to get production up and running or figured they wouldn't have the capacity for Ford. Ford will be fine. Rivian will be, too. There's room...

I wonder if they'll reattack the SUV thing later. Maybe Ford is happy with their Mustang architecture that they no longer need Rivian's Tech. It could happen. The Mustang Mach E is really close to the Model Y in many aspects and, dare I say it, better looking.