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Tesla Cybertruck Owner Straps a Gas-Powered Generator to the Truck Bed & Creates the First Hybrid Tesla, Takes 15 Gallons of Fuel to Charge to Full (18.7 MPG)​


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Tesla Cybertruck Owner Straps a Gas-Powered Generator to the Truck Bed & Creates the First Hybrid Tesla, Takes 15 Gallons of Fuel to Charge to Full (18.7 MPG)

A Cybertruck owner was able to create the first hybrid Tesla by mounting a gas-powered generator to the back of the truck. The Cybertruck was able to charge from 12% to 100% using 15 gallons of fuel and had an overall efficiency of 18 miles per gallon.
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My parking lot is full of Teslas. Friday night there were 6 of the cars parked in a row next to each other... and they did not travel together... it was so weird. I have not paid attention if they are rented from a car rental agency or owned by the guest.

It seems at least once a week I get a Tesla truck now. This week it was a regular colored one. Last week it was a shiny black one, the week before was an interesting copper colored one. I had never seen that color before... not even on the freeway. Most of the ones on the freeway are not painted, just silver.

There are a lot of the Tesla trucks on the road now. Anytime I take the freeway it seems I see a few.
 
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It’s Impossible to Get Rid of a Tesla Cybertruck. I Want to Cut My Losses and Move On, but I Can't Give This Thing Away. I’ve Lost So Much Money Already; Help!

A Cybertruck owner shares his frustration following multiple failed attempts to sell his truck. After losing more than $20,000 in 2,800 miles, the owner says, “I want to cut my losses and move on, but I can't give this thing away.”
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You pay to be the first kid on the block to own something. I’m trying to remember that with the Ram Charger
 
Reports coming out that the Charger EV is bricking, and it's ALL of them. The dealer un-bricks them and they do it again.

There's chatter about industrial sabotage, possibly a virus planted in the software.

Man, I hope Stellantis survives this mess the last CEO put them in.
 
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Reports coming out that the Charger EV is bricking, and it's ALL of them. The dealer un-bricks them and they do it again.

There's chatter about industrial sabotage, possibly a virus planted in the software.

Man, I hope Stellantis survives this mess the last CEO put them in.
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I would bet its just a severe bug that they never saw because they didn't test it enough.

We test the heck out of stuff then have it show major issues in the customer lab in the first week.
 
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I would bet its just a severe bug that they never saw because they didn't test it enough.

We test the heck out of stuff then have it show major issues in the customer lab in the first week.
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We would pass our software back forth between associates for testing, we called it terrorist testing. It's surprising how quickly someone who doesn't know anything about the app can break it. After I retired they made a change to facilitate budgets, to just turn over the new programs when the deadline was reached. Programs were turned over that had never been compiled, much less tested, then production support had to finish the job. Management that is hard pressed to control their budget will willingly sell their mother's soul to the devil... that how some business's run these days.
 
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It's surprising how quickly someone who doesn't know anything about the app can break it.
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For real. I remember spending a night in software testing of one product, doing nothing but attempting to activate stuff that was already activated and deactivating stuff that was already off.

Got some of the most bizarre error messages you ever saw: (The attempted command has FAILED! Please try again or contact your next level of support for additional information)

Our problem was we had customer procedures that told them to set something on, and customer tech were told to follow the procedure exactly or it was their job. So they trying to turn on the already on feature and BAM would stop the procedure because of the message.

As I told my management, design tests software to show it works, SysEng tests it to see if it can be broken. Big difference.
 
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There really is some underlying wisdom in these memes.

1) The batteries probably won't last nearly that long.
2) Will anyone be interested in spending the huge bucks to replace the batteries?
3) What will the battery technology be in 50 years? The industry is already moving away from Lithium Ion, to other Lithium chemistries. Will the replacement batteries even be available or compatible? The golf cart battery we just used was Lithium Iron Sulfate.
4) What will the disposal and recycling of the batteries entail? What effect will that have on the planet?

I seriously wonder if the government and auto industry has thought this through.
 
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There really is some underlying wisdom in these memes.

1) The batteries probably won't last nearly that long.
2) Will anyone be interested in spending the huge bucks to replace the batteries?
3) What will the battery technology be in 50 years? The industry is already moving away from Lithium Ion, to other Lithium chemistries. Will the replacement batteries even be available or compatible? The golf cart battery we just used was Lithium Iron Sulfate.
4) What will the disposal and recycling of the batteries entail? What effect will that have on the planet?

I seriously wonder if the government and auto industry has thought this through.
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The problem with a lot of people is they don't think an idea all the way through. For instance, did Musk think it all the way through about how the disposal of these EV batteries should be disposed of when they die? Or perhaps he didn't care, which is what a lot of people have the tendency to do. The Democrats pushing for EVs saying these vehicles are better for the planet didn't think it all the way through. For instance the mining for Lithium. The left is against oil pipelines claiming they are bad for the environment and disrupt the wildlife. Ever see a Lithium mine? Read the article in the link too. Granholm says lithium should be mined in a way that respects the environment and Native American tribes. She was referring to the proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass, NV. Some tribes are agains the mine because they say Thacker Pass is a sacred site because it was a massacre site.

Granholm was against the Keystone pipeline claiming it was bad for the environment because of potential leaks. The Alaskan pipeline proves her to be wrong. That brings up the question - are EVs good for the environment? We've seen how they catch on fire with no explanation. Putting one of these fires out is very difficult. Once out, it can start again. There was one in Augusta that caught on fire two times after the initial fire.

The goal of the left is to put the oil industry out of business. They need to look in their house and take notice of all the things they have that are made of plastic. Plastic is an oil based product. They haven't thought this all the way through.
 
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