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Yall need some fuckin trains
Heavy EVs are not it. Aside from the weight, also concerning is battery efficiency. You could power four ev sedans (and hundreds of e-bikes or scooters) for how much lithium you’re putting in a hummer >

The new hummers are basically a road legal cruise missile driven by soccer moms. >

I had a t-shirt in high school that said “I love ❤️ soccer moms” but the heart was a soccer ball. I wore it too my friends soccer game, and she was pissed. Got a couple of looks, from the moms though. >

A friend’s band made a T-shirt with the black power fist in green and the words around it were “Fist me I’m Irish” >

I thought it was gonna have something to do with the Hulk before I finished reading the sentence. >

Hulk fist me, I'm Irish.... >

It’s fits if you try hard enough… >

I used to work a job that involved us managing our state’s traffic equipment, and my boss and I discussed a few times how things like guardrails, concrete barriers, and impact attenuators aren’t even close to designed to handle the weight and different center of gravity of a fully electric car. >

that is what this article is getting at.  People do not realize how different EVs are.  They just think that because they have the same form factor and still have a pedal and wheels, they're the same.
We're going to be hearing "oh wow, I didn't realize the differences" for decades. >

They mentioned the Fire F-150 Lightning is about one ton heavier that combustion engine (ICE) model. 
That is a lot of moving metal. >

My father in law said people up by him (in the rural mountainous frontier) are eyeballing these as home battery/generators for when their power goes out. I guess, whatever works, but this strikes me as a funny/sad way to sell America on getting away from fossil fuels. >

Texas loves trucks, and Texas loves power grids that fail during inclement weather. Match made in heaven. >

I wonder what Texans driving EV Hummers will do when the grid fails and they can't charge their glorified shipping containers. >

The idea is that, for the first couple of days of a power outage, your huge ass EV can power your home. >

Wait they are only worried about this now? The 5k+ pound and high ride height SUVs and trucks before weren't a hazard to us people that want to drive small, efficient cars? The years I drove a miata it was always in the back of my mind that one of these country bros with their lifed f250s would just roll straight over my car in an accident and probably decapitate me. Doesn't help that they drive like shit and speed and tailgate constantly. But apparently a low 2100lb car vs a 3 ton lifted truck wasn't dangerous, it's the extra battery weight that is finally making people concerned. Got it.
Whole point of this rant, commercial vehicles require a special license, motorcycles require a special license, but anyone can pick up a huge vehicle with almost no experience driving, IDK why vehicles over a certain size don't require a bit more training, or at least stuff like the driving test should be in that kind of vehicle, most people don't have a need for that large of a car but the reason is always "makes me feel safer" sure but then it's just a race to whoever has the most tank of a car. There is a huge push in America to have the biggest vehicle and it's completely unnecessary when most people would be fine with a mid size sedan or a coupe. We have 3 kids, we have an Impreza, it is fine. >

I'll go one step further. Lifted trucks should not be street legal. Full stop.
You want an off-road vehicle? Keep it off the road.
My family did 3 kids in a Corolla growing up. It was not a traumatic experience. And it's still pretty typical for most places in the world. >

Passenger cars worldwide have to comply with all kinds of safety regulations for pedestrian crashes. Meanwhile Bubba can slam into my ribcage with his sheer vertical bumper whereas a pedestrian can mostly roll off the hood of a modern sedan in a mild collision.
No one can figure out how pedestrian and overall traffic deaths have ticked up since ~2010 when every family car started to turn into a truck or SUV. Keep in mind the median age of a car on the road is about 10 years, and from 1975 through now, the total miles traveled per year has increased substantially while deaths mostly decreased. >

At some point in the future the world will consist of Leafs and '55 Fords in a freeway battle royale.