Diesel pickups are for chumps

[Great-Kazoo]

I want to know what activity got him the attention in the first place.

Posting on a local forum, probably.

[MrPrena]

Fast and Furious X: EV Drift.

[ben4372]

The Bollinger is cool, mostly. Looks like the cut and pasted the original Land Rover idea. Those trucks saw as many configurations as any vehicle. Small pick ups. all the way up to Suburban sized SUVs. There was even a three axle version.

As brought up by another, I wonder about the power grid. I also wonder about the tiered pricing of power. Makes solar become more attractive. Recently read about Australia's power system being less than reliable and extremely expensive. I also want to remind folks that that along time ago refineries used to burn propane to get rid of it. And natural gas was almost free. The extra demand for Kilowatts is going to really give them a reason to raise prices. Probably blame it on infrastructure upgrades, and they'd be correct.

[Justin]

What can the Bollinger do better than, or out perform, the F250

Better acceleration, all torque on demand instantly, more storage space, modular design, lower cost of ownership due to the drive train being simpler and more robust, and you can fill it up essentially for free by charging it from a solar panel system.

[MrPrena]

Faraday

[Irving]

and you can fill it up essentially for free by charging it from a solar panel system.

Not much of a plus when you take the price of the solar panel into consideration. Could probably buy the equipment to make your own diesel and run a diesel for cheaper than panels and batteries.

[Justin]

Faraday

If you're talking about Faraday Future, they're basically a fraudulent company that has just enough visibility to separate investors from their money while sending EV technology and knowhow to China.

Lately they've had terrible cash flow issues and have had to lay off and furlough a large number of employees.

[Justin]

Not much of a plus when you take the price of the solar panel into consideration. Could probably buy the equipment to make your own diesel and run a diesel for cheaper than panels and batteries.

Prices on solar panel-based systems have been steadily dropping for a decade and have already hit commodity price levels in some areas, with a lot of systems being somewhat affordable for middle-middle class and upper-middle class folks. So far as I've seen, the expectation is for this trend to continue for the forseeable future.

Distilling your own diesel isn't really worth the cost; you end up with a higher cost per gallon than just going down to the local gas station.

On top of that, a whole-home solar-power system essentially requires no additional inputs once it's installed, and can be used to power your house in addition to charging an electric vehicle, something you're not likely to do if you're distilling your own diesel.

I find the notion of an off-grid, solar cell-powered rural home coupled with an offroad EV like the Bollinger or Rivian highly compelling. The future is going to be pretty cool, at least in that regard.

[Wulf202]

Distilling your own diesel isn't really worth the cost; you end up with a higher cost per gallon than just going down to the local gas station.

On top of that, a whole-home solar-power system essentially requires no additional inputs once it's installed, and can be used to power your house in addition to charging an electric vehicle, something you're not likely to do if you're distilling your own diesel.

Is this based on your experience or conjecture?

My experience tells me you're flat wrong

[Justin]

It's based on research I did a few years ago when I was considering going down the rabbit hole of distilling restaurant grease into diesel. IIRC, costs looked at the materials needed to get a system functioning, inputs, and labor.