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Steve Stout (not verified)    July 1, 2014 - 10:32PM

Trucks are not a great target for electrification as they now stand. They weigh too much and have the aerodynamics of a brick. Why change out the drivetrain without addressing these fundamentals of physics? Most people who buy trucks and SUVs drive them like cars, rarely if ever using their carrying or off-road capabilities. It is an excess only seen here in the States. What we should be driving is much more efficient, purpose-built vehicles. Vehicles with only one person in them 90% of the time should be one-seaters. 100 years from now, kids in grade school will laugh at the silly people of our time using 8,000 pound vehicles to transport one 150 pound person. We spend almost all our energy moving the vehicle, not the person. We should use electricity to power our vehicles, but not stupidly heavy vehicles.

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