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I don't think it would be difficult to cut 500lb off of a Model 3 to get to about 3500lbs. Actually, when they offered a RWD model, that wasn't long range, I bet that was right around 3500lbs and that's a sedan. I bet that could be made into a coupe with the same exact battery and motors therefore increasing its range AND its performance with the same parts. Their "standard range" battery and "standard range plus" battery in RWD form was good for 220 and 240 miles, respectively. That was also good for a 0-60 time of 5.0 seconds. That's a second quicker than an Ecoboost Mustang with the 10 spd.

I think that kind of goes for every manufacturer. All vehicles have a teething period that nobody should buy an all-new vehicle. Most every "car guy" knows you shouldn't own a first model year vehicle from any manufacturer, not just Tesla.

"How can we get all of the electric stereotypes into one vehicle?" -"I got you, boss."

Yep, not surprised here. I think everybody with a brain knew there would never be a sub 40k truck from them. So how late is summer 2023? Is that like 5 years since they showed it? More?

That thing stops as bad as 1 ton dually trucks. Not the greatest example of engineers being able to make anything work. You pretty much made exactly Smk's point, EVs can get after it in a straight line and nothing else. And you're the only one saying it "handles well". "There's so much pitch, dive, and roll when the GMC Hummer EV Pickup accelerates, decelerates, or changes direction, it looks like something out of a children's cartoon. This kind of silliness makes us giddy, but we also need to pause a moment and strongly recommend against ever using WTF mode on public roads. Cruising at 60 mph, the 9,000-pound Hummer needs 137 feet to stop when you mash the brake pedal on the floor. That's 3 feet farther than a 2020 GMC Sierra 3500HD diesel dually. Even with its crazy amount of regenerative braking, this truck absolutely does not have brakes commensurate with its power and speed capabilities. Think about it: In just 3.0 seconds, you're traveling fast enough to need the same braking space as a dually, and you're still accelerating like crazy. It would be beyond easy to get into a situation where you're traveling way too fast to stop for another vehicle, a pedestrian, an animal, or anything else. You might not even be able to slow down enough to make a corner if you don't lift and brake soon enough. This is a crazy amount of weight moving ridiculously fast on all-terrain off-road tires, and the laws of physics are merciless." https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-pickup-first-edition-first-test-review/

Exactly. AMG GT's (non-Black Series) weigh 3600-3700lb, C63's weigh nearly 4000lb, M3/M4's are pretty light, in comparison but AMGs aren't all that concerned about weight, unless it's a Black Series.

Model 3 Performance is 4000-4100lbs and put down 0.95g laterally. No Lotus, but that's no joke. That's legitimate performance. https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/tesla-model-3-vs-jaguar-i-pace-vs-alfa-romeo-giulia/

The N Vision 74 is COOL AS HAIL!

I've always told people what you said plus that you know how to learn things. Even if you don't end up in your field of study, it shows that you know how to learn things and you have the ability to learn whatever new career path you'd like, like exactly what you did. My sister has her bachelors in Biochemistry and she used it for a few years and now she works for Pella Window and is in marketing.. drastic change! Speaking of Deloitte, there's a Deloitte downtown here in STL as well and I was told by a friend's sibling that once I have my CPA they could help me get a job with them. Thank you! It's been a loooong road...but I've finally done it! I've only taken two semesters off since high school (graduated in 2007) so I don't really know what it's like to not be taking classes. I was full-time for the first 5-ish years but once I started at my current employer I was only taking one or two classes a semester and trying to take something every summer, if it was available. Back in March I landed an actual accounting position within my company as I was only 1 summer class from graduating and a bachelors was required. That was a decent raise but with current inflation, the raise wasn't felt as much as it would have been a few years ago. I have a ways to go before I'm making what I would really like to make.

From one of my business etiquette classes, they highly suggested sending thank you letters and/or emails immediately. They all said, at the very least, if the decision is a tie and one wrote a letter and one didn't, you have a leg up. It will never hurt your odds, only increase them. Congrats to her! I just too my final final exam for my bachelors in accountancy. I'll FINALLY be a graduate. Funny enough, my last class was "advanced taxation". I'm not a fan of taxes so I don't plan to use my degree for a tax job. If she got her masters, does she also plan on getting her CPA? Everything I've heard/read is that a CPA will get you way further than a masters, when it comes to accounting. I assume she has the credit hours, if she got her masters. I'll be graduating with 152 credit hours after changing majors and schools a couple times when I was younger and a CPA requires 150 credit hours so that's next on my plans.

I completely agree. They make themselves seem more complex because they add unnecessary things and then they go ahead and make 90% of your interior controls all through a screen instead of just making hard buttons that everybody knows how to use. YUP! All while just being able to simply plug in when you park in your own garage instead of stopping at a gas station. So many people act like they're taking road trips every weekend and they'll be stuck wasting HOURS sitting at a charger.

Well, I certainly wouldn't put anything like that past them. They claimed the 2.7T was for trucks only then it appeared in 50k Cadillacs and then in 27k trucks again.

Oh yeah, I don't think a full EV Maverick will be here anytime "soon", just saying that it may be in the pipeline.

This isn't a stop-gap at all. This is just the same thing they've done for 100 years, 100% ICE. This appears to be a pretty awesome product, but it isn't a stop-gap-anything. It's just another truck.

While ICEs are more complex, the general public seems to see EVs as more complex, just because they're a newer technology and drastically different. At least the handful of people I've talked to that don't follow the automotive world seem to think they're more complex vehicles and are afraid of the technology being too new still to consider. General public tends to be really stupid. ?

I believe it's rumored to possibly get the Lighting treatment. I think they patented the names Maverick Lightning and Ranger Lightning.

I am a little surprised they didn't electrify this in any way. It would have been a great way to corner the 30mpg capable truck market. I know the Maverick can achieve that but, this obviously can do more work and 30mpg would probably cut into Maverick sales, assuming it wasn't 50k.

This looks SOOOOOO much better than the outgoing model! Also, the 2.7 should have been in this the second the Silverado got it. I think any of those output levels will suffice no problem here.

I do have push button start and there most certainly is an accessory mode. Just hit the start button without pressing on the brake pedal. I have my own additional subwoofer installed as OEM ones are weeeeak (10" JL Audio W6v3). My wife and I have absolutely waited in my car with just accessories on for longer than 10 minutes without the battery dying. It will auto shut off at 10 minutes but I just hit the start button again w/o pressing the brake pedal to turn accessories back on.

They're not bad batteries, especially if you're just looking to get the vehicle running to sell, like in your situation. If it were my personally vehicle, I'd just step up to one of the 2-4 year warranty ones. those also have more cold cranking amps, would would benefit me in the winter when its zero degrees F.

I have never had electrical things not respond because I don't have a $1000 battery. Where does one even recycle a lithium ion car battery? If it finally goes bad, do I have to mail it to where I bought it and wait for a return? Seems more inconvenient than it's worth.

A lead-acid battery is far from $300 for my MKC. I can get a Motorcraft battery for under $200 w/ a three year warranty or an EverStart from Walmart with a four-year warranty for $180. There is no benefit to 99.9% of owners of a $300 battery over a $180 battery. I'll give racers a break as they're in it for the weight savings.

$600-1000 for a lithium car battery? That's certainly a hard pass.

This sounds like the beginning of a heist movie. Hahaha

The shape isn't new, it's just an ugly shape.