It’s probably not a problem if they are installed in industrial locations or close to high voltage distribution mains. My power provider has about 10,000 MW of generating capability so even 100 of these sprinklered around the distribution system would only be 1% of generating capability. some industrial consumers use…

This was pretty awesome great article, I like them all

I suppose that was part of what I was getting at. In my area (midwest) most off-roading is at private parks, and the trails are typically tight, twisty and technical. SxS have become extremely popular over the twenty odd years i’ve been off-roading, but they really seem out of their element on the trails we have.…

Serious question if it gets out of the grey's, are there places where the average person can use something like this at even seven tenths of their capability or are these purely racing machines?

I don’t think those axles are Rockwell’s at least the traditional kind, they look like some type of independent suspension arrangement

If the system works as described in the article, it will likely catch distracted driving as well. I’m envisioning a lot of bad but sober drivers up in arms when their car tells them they are drunk.

Your favorite flavor full size truck with a pop-up camper best compromise of comfort and maneuverability. It’s also more flexible since you can remove the camper when you don’t need it.

If I'd have to guess probably around 2000 miles, living in the US where you can pretty much throw a rock and hit a gas station it seems extreme, but these things are driven all over the world so maybe there are places where it's necessary

My take for what it’s worth, the dodge 5500 or Ford 550 based versions that gxv sells would be a lot more practical for real off-road use. These along with their other heavy duty versions just seem to big for what they are made for

Over, I saw ten times that number of jeeps that last time I went out, one park, in one weekend.  Most first time buyers won’t, but some will

Oh power wise it’s ridiculously but that’s coming from a guy who’s most enjoyable jeeping is done at 5 mph using maybe 25 horsepower

I don’t know about the diesels, but wiki puts the viper v10 at 650 lb, the original 4.0 was around 500 lb so.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and to me an electric motor looks more visually and size wise like a transmission then a traditional ICE motor and since EVs don’t need a transmission it makes more sense to me to put the electric motor in the place of the transmission and put the battery pack where the engine…

I rent lot of cars for work, mostly cheap ones, but have gotten some decent upgrades over the years. Best was a V6 mustang with a manual transmission. I’ve never seen another manual car in a rental fleet, not sure how they ended up with it.

Thinking about it more, that doesn't solve the front to rear "disconnect" which may be a bigger issue than side to side

Good analysis. The motors sit back to back, it would seem relatively easy to add a “locker” mechanically locking them together when necessary, but disconnecting to allow the advantages of 4 separate motors when it isn’t necessary.

I was going to go with any of the base midsize trucks, lot of vehicle for the money, make a great first car and a great second car when you move up the ladder later

Do you have a source for this wasted solar power? Assuming it’s grid connected I cannot imagine available solar power is being unused. I know several years ago Texas had an issue of high wind power availability and low demand causing power prices to go below zero briefly but that was a very unique situation

For me it’s not the range, 300 miles all weather range is plenty, and it’s not really the charge times, i need to take a 30-60 minute break after 4-5 hours of driving anyway. What I need are chargers to be everywhere, at least as common as gas stations, and preferably more so. I want to be able to stop at whatever…