Bipedal on Rollerskates! They definitely have bipedal robots too...

Sure... but base it on the AniMatrix series. Those were the TRUE sequels to the first movie, as they dealt with the more existential questions. Also, the provided the dark, brooding mood that the first movie (DARK CITY) actually provided.

You may want to reassess your assumptions...

I’ve seen far dumber flood drivers... some guys are just SURE their air-breathing vehicle is immune to drowning!

So all we need is a little more ‘Hall Effect’ and the limits are gone! sub 1s 0-60 here we come!

Y’all realize that the Durango/Jeep GC are based on Mercedes-Benz SUV platforms right?

Alternate Solution: BRONCO/RANGER has IFS so it doesn’t suck to drive, and you buy a Yamaha yxz1000r UTV to tow behind it. The Yamaha will kick the stuffing out of <insert ANY road going vehicle with off-road pretensions>. Make these trucks good on-road so they can be good tow vehicles, and then buy dedicated…

SO. MUCH. THIS.

Oh I agree, I was just using the engine block as an easy-to-visualize example... and I agree that in _some_ cases casting could recreate the geometry, but it would be a VERY complex mold that would be difficult to create, especially for low-volume products.

I think you are underestimating how much more complicated a 3D printed part can be... there are forms that can be printed that are NOT POSSIBLE in any other way. Imagine printing an engine block with curved, spaghetti like cooling channels all through the block (not accessible through any direct line-of-sight. The…

I had a WRX (2009)... hated it. It understeered like a pig even with a ton more rear bar in it. I tried sway bar, bushings, tire pressure, etc. and still it was a mess. The motor was also terrible (turbo lag for DAAAYS).

The biggest advantage the electric jeeps would have is closed loop speed control. You can potentially program the throttle to act as a ‘speed controller’ instead of a ‘torque controller’. In any ICE engine, you are commanding torque, but as soon as a wheel slips it KEEPS slipping. If you build an electric Jeep…

Go get that 2017 Raptor and run it on the same course and lets see how much faster IT is!!!

I’m unreasonably excited by this... I want this truck to be awesome.

“The only value to hydrogen as a battery is the high energy density, allowing reduced weight in mobile applications.”

The big story here is that Hydrogen is actually a ‘battery’ that stores renewable energy very well. MANY of the solar panels/wind turbines/hydro-dams that are placed around the country aren’t being used at 100% capacity most of the time. MANY times they are idling... Little known fact: our country has a HUGE surplus…

I have dreams of buying a S550 or S600 that has a blown engine and doing a LS454 swap in it JUST to screw with people (yeah, I know that’s not a proper big block, but still... ) I think it would be fun to start it up with some nice loud pipes in a swanky parking lot and watch peoples reactions...

10/10 - Will Buy.

>masonry

It would have been better if they had applied all this to the Metris and made a sweet off-road version of THAT platform. VAN>>PICKUP for everything except manure. (and yes, this a picture of a Sprinter, I know)