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As a side note, a 9000 lbs consumer grade vehicle is insanity.
by femiagbabiaka 5y ago
As a side note, a 9000 lbs consumer grade vehicle is insanity.
- kylehotchkiss 5y agoAccident safety ratings are going to have to be reinvented if heavy SUV EVs continue down this path. A Honda civic weighs 1/3 of this!
- dieselgate 5y agoI don’t inherently disagree agree with you but 9k lbs isn’t too far out of the range of normal passenger vehicle weight. But I would agree that many vehicles in the US and North America are probably oversized.
- geocrasher 5y agoYes, it is. I drive a 1988 Suburban 4x4 with a solid front axle, leaf springs, and all the old school heavier construction. With my fat lard butt in it, it's just under 6000lbs.
- fy20 5y agoIn the EU you need a goods vehicle (truck) license to drive a vehicle + contents weighing more than 3,500kg (7,700lbs). Even most RVs here come well under that limit so you don't need a special license.
- piva00 5y ago9000 lbs vehicles require a special licence to drive in the EU.
- Johnny555 5y agoHow do you define "Normal passenger vehicle"? An Audi A6 weights 4500 lbs, Tesla Model S LongRange is 4800 lbs, Honda CRV is 3500 lbs, Honda Odyssey Minivan is 4600 lbs, Ford Explorer is 5000 lbs, even a Ford Expedition is "only" 5600 lbs. What passenger vehicles are in the range of 9000 lbs?
- jlcoff 5y agoA full size pickup with passengers and cargo. IIRC my dodge 2500 is ~6000#, plus 2500# of cargo, your pretty much there. A 2018 Ford F350 Super Duty dually is about 8000#, add at least 3000# of cargo, your already at 11k#.
- dncornholio 5y agoYou don't actually need such a vehicle though. In EU you don't see trucks or many heavy vehicles like that at all.
- elteto 5y agoBut what happens in the EU is not really relevant at all in this conversation, no?
- dncornholio 5y agoIt works as an example that you don't actually need them.
- elteto 5y agoIt works as an example that _people in the EU_ don't seem to need them.
- jlcoff 5y agoOnly urbanites don't need them... until they do. Plenty of people in Europe need pickups.
- Johnny555 5y agoI'm not an urbanite, but on the rare occasion I need a pickup truck, I rent one. I don't like owning things I only need occasionally, I use our communities tool lending library too when I need a tool for a project.