OneCharlieTango
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Yeah. That's a real tractor trailer!
It has 4 wheel steering so that’s not one of its issues.Saw one in the parking lot at a Braves game the other night. This one looked longer than the previous ones I have seen. Are there different variants - like an 'XL' version? Looked like it would be a pain to deal with in metro parking lots due to it's size - and I drive a '14 Silverado which roughly has the turning radius of an aircraft carrier.
Only one size.Saw one in the parking lot at a Braves game the other night. This one looked longer than the previous ones I have seen. Are there different variants - like an 'XL' version? Looked like it would be a pain to deal with in metro parking lots due to it's size - and I drive a '14 Silverado which roughly has the turning radius of an aircraft carrier.
Nah, they can look cool:I saw one live, so to speak, on a recent trip to California. It is ugly.
Now THIS is a beautiful car (although white's not my favorite; I loved the turquoise with white interior).
But pigs cooked well taste good. So there is still a redeeming factor....^Lipstick on a pig.
So we're just waiting for a CyberTruck battery fire to see how it tastes?But pigs cooked well taste good. So there is still a redeeming factor....
Tim
Sorry, I still think it's ugly. Then again, I don't think any ground vehicle has been beautiful since the 1950s, so what do I know? Now THIS is a beautiful car (although white's not my favorite; I loved the turquoise with white interior).
Isn't ownership of the truck sufficient evidence that they have failed the test?Finally got a view of a Tesla Cybertruck in the wild. A lot of people have been tossing around the term "cognitive test" lately. Seems to me if someone is willing to spend six figures on something that ugly perhaps they should consider such a test ...![]()
Meh... It's pretty popular to pile on the "ugliness" of the CyberTruck, but I've also heard a lot of people saying it looks a lot better in person than it does in pictures.
I believe this. I still need to take a drone shot of them by my house, where they load them on trains. I bet there's 300 there today.Reports now that the Cybertruck has just become the best selling electric pickup in the US.
What I remember from the DeLorean guys from long ago was you either replaced the panel, or fixed it conventionally and painted the car.It looks to me that a fairly minor accident could be very expensive to repair. How do you fix a large panel of bare metal?
Wouldn't it have looked even more ridiculous if it was pulling a ginormous trailer that only had a lawn tractor on it?Not piling on but confirming that if viewed in person the ugliness is even more pronounced. But it was trying to look like a real truck as it was towing a very small single axle trailer with a lawn tractor on it ...![]()
They are "fugtional" (that's one of my urban dictionary contributions, btw)Seen a couple in the wild recently from afar (bout a block away, while moving). Fugly fo sho.
I don't know anything about specific incidents however it strikes me that we will raise a new batch of drivers that never use the brake pedal. My understanding is that "single-pedal driving" does not provide full braking.Yes. Even the single-pedal driving that can be done in many EVs, a very minor change to the control paradigm, has led to some accidents
The brake still provides full braking. You want to slow, lift the right pedal. You want to slow faster, hit the brake pedal. Anybody that can’t figure that out, ought not be driving anything.I don't know anything about specific incidents however it strikes me that we will raise a new batch of drivers that never use the brake pedal. My understanding is that "single-pedal driving" does not provide full braking.
Then when it is needed the skill won't be there.
It seems to me that if we are going to do single pedal driving then it needs to provide the full range of braking. However that may have it's own problems, is there an equivalent of taking pressure of both feet? Maybe a strong detent or something?
My understanding is that "single-pedal driving" does not provide full braking…
It seems to me that if we are going to do single pedal driving then it needs to provide the full range of braking.
The brake still provides full braking. You want to slow, lift the right pedal. You want to slow faster, hit the brake pedal. Anybody that can’t figure that out, ought not be driving anything.
Just out of curiosity, have you driven a Tesla and used regen braking? Or are your concerns based on what you imagine it might be like?I would be willing to bet, it is because you have the muscle memory for it. I highly doubt there have been any studies on the effect of single peddle with regards to safety for younger drivers. Based on having seen how people react with accidents, does not give me much confidence. I hope you know why, people are not taught to drive with the accelerator with the right foot and the brake with the left? (Yes, racing, and specialized defensive driving schools teach it, I am talking for the average driver). People push both pedals when they want to emergency stop. With single pedal, they have no muscle memory to move off the accelerator in an emergency.
Tim
It works exactly like how a gas car works, with the exception that you slow faster when you lift the “accelerator” pedal. What is there to get confused about?I would be willing to bet, it is because you have the muscle memory for it. I highly doubt there have been any studies on the effect of single peddle with regards to safety for younger drivers. Based on having seen how people react with accidents, does not give me much confidence. I hope you know why, people are not taught to drive with the accelerator with the right foot and the brake with the left? (Yes, racing, and specialized defensive driving schools teach it, I am talking for the average driver). People push both pedals when they want to emergency stop. With single pedal, they have no muscle memory to move off the accelerator in an emergency.
Tim
A good analogy would be driving around in 1st or second gear in a gas car.It works exactly like how a gas car works, with the exception that you slow faster when you lift the “accelerator” pedal.
Just out of curiosity, have you driven a Tesla and used regen braking? Or are your concerns based on what you imagine it might be like?
It works exactly like how a gas car works, with the exception that you slow faster when you lift the “accelerator” pedal. What is there to get confused about?
There’s also the automated system that emergency brakes for you based on data from the cameras and lidar. That system will also steer to avoid a collision. I’ve never allowed it to do it for me, but I’d bet it works well enough to more than compensate for the problem you are imagining.