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minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt can electrify, it just can’t be carrying around batteries that will give it 300miles of range. A ford Ranger from 1990 weighs <3000lbs.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoYeah, but it would be pointless without the range considering these thing are made for off-road.
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago“Pointless” god I wish we lived in that society. Off-road vehicles don’t need to be registered or conform to any safety standards so if you are designing something for off-road use, none of this stuff matters, you just can’t ALSO drive it on-road.
It can electrify, it just can’t be carrying around batteries that will give it 300miles of range. A ford Ranger from 1990 weighs <3000lbs.
Yeah, but it would be pointless without the range considering these thing are made for off-road.
“Pointless” god I wish we lived in that society.
Off-road vehicles don’t need to be registered or conform to any safety standards so if you are designing something for off-road use, none of this stuff matters, you just can’t ALSO drive it on-road.