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What the fuck is that supposed to mean?? Why, the CyberTruck alone can tow a mustang 10 bajillion miles in less time than a mustang can wrap itself around a pole near a Cars and Coffee
I'm not a mustang fan, though the coyote V8 sounds amazing.
https://youtu.be/JFy_RGUg-Bc?si=61KYJA2LYeo3s-mT
This is a Cybertruck getting owned by a 180hp mid 90s Corvette.
Straight line speed doesn't interest me much, plus with the crap breaks on it you can only do it so many times but that's neither here nor there. My wife owns an EV as do many of my friends and they're all like driving a couch. Comfortable, disconnected from the road, couches.
A real sports car you can feel the road, the tires weight up, your rear end communicates the stability through the turn. I have yet to drive a single EV that can do any of that. McLaren 650s I drove was the top of the pile for me, but my Corvette is pretty good too.
Put the Cybertruck isn't great as an EV or a truck. Rivian makes some pretty sick EVs, as does Porsche.
And as for the bajillion miles, the record for an EV in a 24 hour race was made this year at about 700 miles and they had to have three sets of batteries and swap them out while the other two charged. Miatas made it 1200 miles on average for comparison. So I question the distance claim.
Solid state batteries are supposed to help a ton and I'm excited for them but the current battery tech energy density and charge rate isn't great.
My sarcasm might not have translated well, but "couch" is correct. Even my '86 Crown Vic that drove like a boat felt more sporty than any EV I've been in.
That being said, I crave the R3X and imagine all of it's "sportiness" will be... underwhelming.
I've never driven anything more sporty than a mid-'90s Porsche Boxer or Hyundai Elantra N. But the most connected I've ever felt to the road was in an early 2000s Miata.
Anyway, uhhh... Something something fuck you CyberTruck
Damnit, I missed the sarcasm... Signs of my age.
And Miatas are no joke, they feel amazing as much as people make fun of them. Flying Miata out of Grand Junction used to sell you a new Miata engine swapped and upgraded suspension and all.
Now another company does it but a Miata with an LS just seems like a lot of fun!