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[atx_ev]

Nobody mention AWD!

I 100% want AWD. But the reality is in my tundra, over 15 years, ive only had to use it for one week in an ice storm and a few other times where I thought it might be better to have it on.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I 100% want AWD. But the reality is in my tundra, over 15 years, ive only had to use it for one week in an ice storm and a few other times where I thought it might be better to have it on.

Two motors better than one when it comes to faster takeoff though. Some of us who have to deal with higher speeds roadways need every advantage possible in getting to highway speed fast. So, AWD has some advantages for various terrains, but even more on highway “mergers and acquisitions”, as I call them in ATL. My $0.02…

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I don't know that there is a better use case for EV with regenerative braking than some USPS routes. My neighborhood is 1 acre lots, with pairs of mailboxes on one side, in front of each house. So they are stopping every 160 feet or so. So they are idling at each box, and gunning the gas and hitting the brake to stop every 160 feet, every day.

100%. Would be much more cost effective than some $65K/unit units rolling around now. Put the steering wheel and pedals on right if you get an order of, say, 100K units?