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Does Fallout (on Amazon Prime now) remind any of you nerds out there of the old Gamma World role playing game?
We're enjoying it at our house. Love Walter Goggins. That dude can flat out act.- rbstern
- Post #23
- Forum: Media Play
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EVs are NOT America's future!
We'll know by then if they are. Too many variables to say with certainty. -
EVs are NOT America's future!
There are situations where, at a boat ramp, where a truck chasis has to get wet. EVs are unique in that the batteries are slung low, so it's possible that there will be partial submersions of the battery pack. Pointing it out because truck owners use trucks for so many different scenarios... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Do you own a Tesla semi truck? No? So you know nothing about how well the Tesla semi works. You're not entitled to your own set of made up articles about performance. -
Makes me want to move to Finland
And a fairly homogenous society, which tends to lend itself toward social stability, including less crime.- rbstern
- Post #7
- Forum: General Discussion
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EVs are NOT America's future!
Hopefully. But immersing the powerplant in water isn't ideal, and that's a use mode many boaters deal with. -
Makes me want to move to Finland
Following the Swiss model of an armed and trained-to-shoot citizenry. Count me in.- rbstern
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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EVs are NOT America's future!
Sorry, this is a bit too specific to dismiss. You described what I said as a "fake" problem, and then when I show you not fake, you hand wave. The battery pack is not a water-friendly component, and its position matters for the application we are discussing. It's slung under the floor, and... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Hole shot is not the issue. Props are awful at efficiency. AWFUL in caps with lots of exclamation points. Far worse mechanical losses than gears, wheels, electric motor bearing friction, etc. I can't even begin to imagine what the amp draw is like when you go full throttle, pulling a skier... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
One of my "fake" scenarios, as played out in the real world... https://www.thedrive.com/news/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-recalled-for-water-leaks-in-its-battery -
EVs are NOT America's future!
About 100 yards away. How far would you be willing to back that EV down a shallow ramp? Enough to the point where the battery pack was touching the water? And would you do it at a salt water ramp? -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Range with that load: Not far enough to actually get to the lake. -
EVs are NOT America's future!
No doubt, I'm not the target market. And right now, the target market is shrinking by the day. There's too much EV inventory, not enough hybrid inventory. The infrastructure problems are not going away, and nobody in a position of political power in the U.S. is advancing a plan to upgrade the... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Get hired by Rivian and then laid off two months later. It's the future! -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Guns here are for stopping both two and four legged predators. There's that lifestyle thing. Apparently there aren't many campgrounds or boat ramps near you. Or people with trailers hauling mulch, rock, tools, whatever. All day, every day, around here. I'm glad the EV works for you. Just...