Posted on 08/14/2023 6:46:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
Windshield?
These make it harder to move forward due to drag.
They must be removed to increase mileage.
Doomed!
Presently, the Rivian and other EV trucks are not a universal replacement for current overpriced internal combustion engine trucks used for transportation .
The Rivian is a truck, a work vehicle. The work vehicle must be utilized within the daily range of charging capability. The Rivian and other electric trucks are for work, not recreational travel.
Rivian and others have come under desperate situation within the last few weeks. That desperation stems from the Tesla Cyber truck.
What? You mean you're not going to run out and purchase one of those overpriced electric lawnmowers that can barely mow a ten by twenty patch of grass, and even then, it just sort of bends the grass over more than it cuts.?
Break out the tongues! Protein intake and increased gas mileage for the World Economic Forum both at the same time!
Generally speaking, heavier cars provide more protection for occupants in an accident, if other design safety features are equal. Imagine a gas pickup colliding in a head-on with a compact car — the lowest g-loading is in the heavier vehicle. But with EV’s, the batteries are so heavy the manufacturers have to reduce weight when engineering all of the other parts to compensate for the heavy batteries (that do not provide crash protection), and to extend the range of the energy-hungry, inherently heavier vehicle. So their structures are often less crash-worthy without more costly engineering gimmicks and materials. Not to mention if you’re trapped in an EV and there’s a fire, if the batteries short out then the ensuing fire is nearly impossible to extinguish.
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