- Farmington Hills officials are fuming over a glut of unsold Cybertrucks being stored in the city.
- Tesla has been parking the EVs at a shopping center earmarked for major redevelopment.
- Officials say the electric vehicles violate zoning codes and are warning the property owner.
Hmmm.
So EVs are pretty simple machines. I think we can all agree on that. Like I am not a mechanic and I can work on these things (well maybe not the tires).
But the problem isn’t just that a single component in these things sucks, it’s the whole design. That being said, the motors, controllers, axles, sensors, etc, can’t all be entirely custom. I would be willing to bet there is a fair amount of useful shit we could “borrow” from unsupervised and unwanted cyber trucks to rebuild them into something much much better.
I have a friend that uses salvaged Model Y components to electrify RAM Promaster vans.
See!!! I knew it was a thing, this is brilliant!
Like Mechagodzilla?
or Voltron?
Giant Death Bot?
Can we use the plans from the failed MechaStreisand and create a MechaO’Donnell to take on Trumpzilla
More like Mechashiva
So some people can get free Power walls?
I read that as POWER WHEELS and now I want a Tesla scrap powered adult sized ride-on toy.
That’s just the BMS and battery really. There’s a whole lot more there.
I mean can you take the engine and battery to install on another chasis?
I wonder if a youtube enthusiast mad maxian mechanic got a few free cybertrucks to play with.
I bet he’d strip all the parts and make a few other retrofit EVs. I’d watch it.
No engine, they use motors. Generally 2 or 3 depending on trim level.
Gotcha. Clearly I know more than the average plebian about horseless carriages
It is somewhat pedantic on my part TBH.
Mildly but still a valid correction.
I’m used to far worse comments back in my reddit days.