Diesel pickups are for chumps

[Irving]

You guys definitely sound like chumps for missing the obvious facetious tone of the original post.

[MrPrena]

Hellz Yeah!

[68Charger]

You guys definitely sound like chumps for missing the obvious facetious tone of the original post.

Sez OPie.... you're ASSuming we're not being facetious at the same time.

IF only Antifa knew about this thread... the triggering it would trigger

[Irving]

That's what the wall was for.

[68Charger]

*gasps* I identify your repeat usage of the word "trigger" to be a insidious threat of utilization of firearms against either Irving, ANTIFA, or both! DATS ILLEGAL

On an entirely unrelated side note, I have ammunition available for donations to all worthy charitable causes.

can we donate some to Strozak's gofundme page? I hear it's all in the delivery... just like humor (or was that about timing?)

[TRnCO]

and now the SEC is going to be doing a little investigating into Elon Musk's tweets about "funding secured". Not sure where this is going but from what I've seen it's never good to have SEC doing or having any reason to investigate a company. Rarely is there never any "wrong doing" found. Will be interesting times for Tesla and all things tied to Musk.

[Gman]

and now the SEC is going to be doing a little investigating into Elon Musk's tweets about "funding secured". Not sure where this is going but from what I've seen it's never good to have SEC doing or having any reason to investigate a company. Rarely is there never any "wrong doing" found. Will be interesting times for Tesla and all things tied to Musk.

It will certainly slow up the timeline *if* there's a plan to take it private. Possibly by a year or two.

[Irving]

Nothing mind blowing, just an article about sitting excess power without using water.

https://qz.com/1355672/stacking-conc...-store-energy/

If the government and the public weren't so dumb about nuclear power, we'd never have any of these discussions.

[00tec]

Seems like it'd be easy enough to use this technology in trailers to have an electric power assist on the axle of the trailer. If you're only using it up steep grades, the charge should last longer and allow for a smaller battery pack. I'm sure there are much more cool ways to integrate that system into a bigger trailer like a fifth wheel as well.

Better gas mileage for the tow vehicle, integrated electrical for the living spaces, solar panels on top, lots of possibilities.

So... this popped up during my surfing today:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eng...towing-strain/

[Irving]

Ha! Great timing. I was just going to bump this thread today to ask a question. Let's say that money and complexity is no object. If an electric trailer has independent motors on the axles, couldn't it have some sort of stability control built in to help combat sway in high winds, or even more usefully, helping to stabilize a trailer while backing? I'm imagining backing up a long driveway trying to keep the trailer straight. Braking one wheel to help control how quickly it is turning would be helpful. Heck, if it were powerful enough, you could just pop the tow vehicle into neutral and let the trailer back-itself to where it needed to be.