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Originally Posted by flybigjet
So. My buddy, his kid (my more-or-less-nephew), my wife and I all went skiing/boarding today.
My buddy drove us in his Cybertruck from Denver to Vail and return.
Honestly? It still looks *horrible* to my eyes, but after spending more than a few hours trapped in traffic in it, I have to admit that the technology is pretty damn impressive.
Not ~$100k impressive, but impressive all the same.
Would I ever own one? Not in a million years.
Am I impressed with it? Yes. It's pretty amazing how Tesla's managed to get a ~6000 lb. behemoth to more or less violate the laws of physics.
One thing? The rear seats are ABSOLUTE TORTURE DEVICES. They suck donkey balls. It would help if they could be reclined a bit, but they're at about an 80-degree angle and are terribly unforgiving of anything more than about 20 minutes of use. The front? Fine. Great. Comfy. The rears? Throw a member of the Taliban back there an in 45 minutes he'll tell you anything you want to know.
I had to come home and take a hot shower to get the kinks out of my back.
R.
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Taking into consideration the low center of gravity all that battery weight demands and the massive torque of DC motors, it may not be as amazing, as it is a paradigm shift.
As we have all witnessed, car lovers with IC transportation used to bow at the alter of acceleration, now with the advent of EV tech, they have all but given up on being top of that heap. Handling has become the new focus, but when new tech brings down the weight of EVs, that may also fall to the wayside. The only thing left will be to worship the noise and vibration, lol.