Tacoma frames are fully boxed. That’s one of the reasons why they rot out just as fast as other Toyota Trucks, like the LandCruisers, Hiluxes.

Nothing I said is wildly inaccurate, or untrue. While you on the other hand have said many things which I’ve disproved. Oshkosh’s Tak 4 suspension is used on a variety of vehicles and is available in a variety of configurations, including for use on road-going trucks. It still takes up just as much packaging space in…

1. This is what you said “What paradigm changing event has happened in the train industry?”. I listed many. The most recent ones being AC traction motors, Tier 4 emissions/efficiency changes, and some recent innovations in mechanical drives.

1. Steam to diesel. Diesel to Diesel electric, Dynamic Braking systems. 2-stroke to 4-stroke diesels. DC to AC traction systems. Hydraulic traction systems. Modern Tier 4 electronic controls and so much more. Rail operators are always looking for more efficiency and lighter weight.

1. Any pound extra on the train is an extra pound of cargo they can’t carry. Tracks, bridges, axles, wheels, etc... all have weight limits. If the motors didn’t have to be that big, they wouldn’t. They also haven’t been “largely the same” for several decades. There is a lot of development within the train industry at…

If it was so easy, why aren’t GE and EMD just using a bunch of Tesla sized motors on their trains?

You need to learn about a thing called “duty cycle”. The Model S motors can be the size they are because highway cruising power for the average car/pickup is around 10-20 HP continuous. At most the Model S is going to be at 600 HP for maybe 20-30 seconds. Tesla even has software limiters on the “ludicrous” mode that…

You can’t compare light-duty automotive motors to industrial/heavy duty motors. The Tesla motors would likely die a fiery death if asked to output the 600HP they’re rated at for more than a few minutes.

100KWH battery is tiny and only good for a ~200 mile range in a Model S. That’d range would be about 30-50 miles in a big truck. The 600HP worth of electric motors in a Model S are also not designed to operate continuously at high power. The electric motor in a semi needs to be able to operate at full power…

We’re not talking about hybrids, we’re talking about diesel-electric, where there is no battery. The generator is directly coupled to the electric motor. Even accounting for the battery, that doesn’t help on sustained highway use. Only city.

The reason is efficiency. What’s more efficient?, an 85% efficient generator coupled to an 85% efficient motor, or a manual transmission directly coupled to the axle?

Was the diesel truck also a 670HP diesel? Was the driver told to shift through every gear, or shift for fastest acceleration? You can skip gears when unloaded.

I’ve sat in the newest Charger and Challenger, and I really don’t get the complaints about the interior.

Platform does not date back to a 90s e class

Automakers could save weight and cost if they stopped using tons of crap speaker. The 16+ speaker sound systems modern cars come with are ridiculous. It’s even worse 6-8 years later when some of the speakers stopped working.

It’s just a fine black mesh. You can see the squares where there is mesh.

The East Coast also represents a solid 40% of the U.S. population.

...there are over 2,000 for sale right now. there is litterally a 5 month supply of them

It looks like it was a combination of automakers wanting to claim longer urea refill intervals, and wanting to increase fuel economy by reducing the amount of EGR used.

Anything without an air-filter is a crack pipe. Sorry.