It’s a good thing in this case. I work in logistics, and the driver shortage is massive and not getting better anytime soon. We will need automated drivers to keep transportation costs stable and make sure all freight can actually be covered.

Well... :gestures broadly at society: I’m banking on dystopia.

I don’t know what you do, but “data-intensive” sounds like the exact thing machine learning is designed to do bud.

Hyperbole much? Geez. Calm your jets.

Well, a woman did it too so there’s kinda that. Not the typical wrencher you’d expect doing this.

It seems you’re too stubborn to realize that just because the method of propulsion doesn’t seem to have an affect on the fabrication of this vehicle, that it’s still an interesting idea and a well executed build.

THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO TURN AN ELECTRIC CAR INTO A TRUCK.

So?

WTF is this heresy? A car-modifying YouTube video where someone’s operating an angle grinder with the guard on and decent PPE? Nonsense.

Superhero level unlocked:

Simone is such a badass too. Can confirm: This is rad!

Theft is the reason why most of the tradesmen have switched to cargo vans. Given the massive opioid issue all over the county, theft in rural America has gotten worse. In the time it takes you to walk into the corner store, some druggie can snatch 1/2 your tools into the back seat of the car he stole. Don’t think…

Similar experiment: get a metal biscuit tin (like a Tupperware container but metal) and make a 1cm hole in the top, add a cupful of gasoline inside the container and put the top on firmly. Light the gas vapour by holding a lighter or match near the hole and step way back. It’ll burn like a candle to start with, slowly…

My parents recently began to consider this issue. They have a truck because they used to have to move their sailboat around everytime they wanted to use it, now they have a permanent slip and only need to move the boat 2 times a year (winter and spring). So they want to sell the truck, get an electric car, and then…

The difference is that they buy brand new trucks and could just as easily buy a brand new something else if it appealed to them more, which makes them demanding customers but extremely rewarding. People who work out of trucks buy either low-trim or used ones, and must buy enough truck to do their jobs, whatever that…

Justifying need is an individual assessment. However, I think many people are terrible at good faith and honest self assessment. The easiest example of this is something like the twice used bow flex in the garage.

“I ‘need’ a wide seat because I am quite a wide human - again the truck makes sense.”

You might think it’s stupid, but people don’t give a fuck about sedans in the US, and a recession isn’t going to change their mind.

I don’t get the fascination with pickups for construction. Smart contractors work out of low-floor vans.