New HD Truck - Atlis

time2roll wrote:
Not all RVs move over 300 miles in a day now using gasoline or diesel. Yes a 900 mile EV marathon for even one day is not practical. For some that like to see more than just the destination I could see it working quite well.

Really would you drive Rt 2 in Montana and expect to find a charging station every 250 miles?

Not all RVs move over 300 miles in a day now using gasoline or diesel. Yes a 900 mile EV marathon for even one day is not practical. For some that like to see more than just the destination I could see it working quite well.

ksss wrote:
I don't think anyone is against an EV pickup. The claims of this one are off the chart though. Time will tell, if they can backup their insane claims. I would think that if this technology existed, we would know that by now.

I can see one being used by urban contractors and such. They may not normally drive over 250 or 300 miles a day. I am very skeptical that I'm going to see someone load up their 5th wheel in Florida and drive to the Utah parks or to Glacier NP using one. Unless they are idiots.

Even Tesla is finding out just how difficult it is to establish a network of high voltage charging stations, coast to coast. There are 114000 gas stations in the US even if you aim at building say 30,000 charging stations you are talking staggering amounts of money. The estimates I see are about $250,000 per station ignoring maintenance costs. So you are talking $7,500,000 building costs and say operating costs at least $300,000,000 to 500,000,000. And their stations take 30-45 minutes to charge a small battery Tesla.

Talk about massively increasing battery size while cutting charging time by 2/3rd would need a very high voltage charger. Do you want your average drive using a 1440V charger? Aka instant death.

agesilaus wrote:
I can imagine being in say Bluff Utah and needing a charge....

Tesla has a Supercharger a few miles north in Blanding. Maybe by the time this is in production there will be a common L3 public charger close by. Certainly the town has electricity.

I don't think anyone is against an EV pickup. The claims of this one are off the chart though. Time will tell, if they can backup their insane claims. I would think that if this technology existed, we would know that by now.

agesilaus wrote:
Those comparisons were not to flying cars or solar panels but to the companies that raised money off those claims then folded once the investors had extracted the maximum amount possible from the scam. Why don't you learn how to read a post for what it says not what you think it says.

I agree, what is being derided is a company that makes outrageous claims about non-existent products, induces people to give them money, and then disappear in the night with no regrets...and also no product either.

Those comparisons were not to flying cars or solar panels but to the companies that raised money off those claims then folded once the investors had extracted the maximum amount possible from the scam. Why don't you learn how to read a post for what it says not what you think it says.

fj12ryder wrote:

Groover wrote:
I have already expressed skepticism about this company and their claims but that doesn't mean that I am required to join the chorus of ill-informed electric vehicle detractors. I am definitely not required to invest in anyone.

Seems to me the detractors on this thread are detractors of this particular pie-in-the-sky vehicle, not necessarily electric vehicles per se.

And just curious as to why people that disagree with your viewpoint are considered to be "ill-informed electric vehicle detractors"? There are differing viewpoints held by very well informed individuals, and some of those well informed individuals disagree with you.

This is where you err. I read the comments here and it seems like newer technologies are being derided. Someone brought up a flying car (what a comparison by the way) someone brought up solar panels, and other keep bringing up Tesla. So it seems the others have lost focus.

Groover wrote:
You must not know how to copy and past a link.

LOL, you must not know how to link a page! LMAO

Groover wrote:

Chainwright wrote:

Great question, I asked myself that question for many many years. My grandpa was an engineer at Mercedes Benz. He made a few calls. It takes a car manufacturer 1700 dollars to produce a normal sedan, it takes mercedes 3000 dollars to produce a Luxury sedan. There are some American equivalents that are made in china under the GM brand, that only cost the end consumer in china 8k but here they cost us 30K.

It sounds like you and your grandpa need to start a car company and become multi-billionaires.

Easy partner. Granpa died. take your jokes elsewhere or keep it civilized. I don't need to do anything but enjoy the sun in my MH.