The Tesla Cybercab

Isaac said:
My wife actually had a teal colored cube a few years ago and it was the only one in the vicinity
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My daughter vinyl wrapped her VW, by herself, the same color pink as the car above. At the time she was the only bubble gum pink car around but it seems to have caught on as there are 5 or 6 now. I usually feel pretty secure in my manhood but not when I had to drive her car.
 
That's funny, I feared revocation of my mancard just driving the teal one but yours was worse LOL.

Whenever I think briefly of getting overly personalized with a vehicle, I drive around my city or read the news and am reminded of the severity of road rage .... and then quickly decide I'd rather not do anything to make my car "memorable". Silver, gray for me all the way.

Except I want to get a Ford Maverick, and might opt for a slightly 'prettier' color (oops - did I say that out loud?)

I was in the small, ancient city of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico for a week during Christmas and saw a Tesla cybercab .... boy, did that look out of place next to a statue of Pancho Villa and a puesta de tacos
 
Something that was mentioned early in the thread and nobody said anything about it. If we suppose that this kind of vehicle makes it to the general consumer market, we have a vehicle with different sized tires front and rear. Two different spare tires? Or do they use solid rubber tires that can't go flat?
 
Good question. If the solid rubber tires were anything like one I tried on a bike once, it would have an awful effect on efficiency/friction/general use. Tires that don't go flat sounds too good to be true - not that it won't happen, I just don't think we're close yet - and if we think big Oil and big Pharma get upset about things like Electric Energy and Health, wait until we see how Big Rubber feels about no more flats!

I think the cybercab will remain limited due to sheer ugliness. I think Musk yielded to a bit of a "what weird looking thing can I make today" feelings when he thought this one up
 
Isaac said:
Good question. If the solid rubber tires were anything like one I tried on a bike once, it would have an awful effect on efficiency/friction/general use. Tires that don't go flat sounds too good to be true - not that it won't happen, I just don't think we're close yet - and if we think big Oil and big Pharma get upset about things like Electric Energy and Health, wait until we see how Big Rubber feels about no more flats!

I think the cybercab will remain limited due to sheer ugliness. I think Musk yielded to a bit of a "what weird looking thing can I make today" feelings when he thought this one up
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Big rubber is the ones working on it...
www.bridgestonetire.com

Airless Tires

www.bridgestonetire.com www.bridgestonetire.com
Just because it doesn't need to be filled with air doesn't mean it won't wear out.
 
For reasons like these, many spectators think airless tires are still a decade or so away
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That's interesting though, but anything that wears out less there will be push back on I would guess.

Chevron invested in chargepoint too, but EV's were killed for decades after they were viable.
 
The_Doc_Man said:
Something that was mentioned early in the thread and nobody said anything about it. If we suppose that this kind of vehicle makes it to the general consumer market, we have a vehicle with different sized tires front and rear. Two different spare tires? Or do they use solid rubber tires that can't go flat?
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We were looking at new cars recently and some didn't even come with the little donut spare. They provided a can of the flat-fix stuff. Great for a slow leak, worthless if the tire gets cut or something. I put together a full-size spare for my wife's car, which we take on road trips. Some of those are through sparsely populated areas (like "next gas 100 miles" areas).
 
Case in point, Honda CRV hybrid:

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pbaldy said:
We were looking at new cars recently and some didn't even come with the little donut spare. They provided a can of the flat-fix stuff. Great for a slow leak, worthless if the tire gets cut or something. I put together a full-size spare for my wife's car, which we take on road trips. Some of those are through sparsely populated areas (like "next gas 100 miles" areas).
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Some tire shops offer a full size spare on a steel rim. I replaced the doughnut that came with my car with one, but now the tie down doesn't fit because it's made for a smaller wheel sheesh 😅
 
Yeah, I take ours out of the car when we're home. It is a pain. I assume they're trying to save weight/increase mileage with the mini tires.
 
The_Doc_Man said:
Something that was mentioned early in the thread and nobody said anything about it. If we suppose that this kind of vehicle makes it to the general consumer market, we have a vehicle with different sized tires front and rear. Two different spare tires? Or do they use solid rubber tires that can't go flat?
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I understand that the huge ugly car the President uses has non deflatable tyres. I don't know what type of car that is but I suppose you can buy them somewhere. I should imagine its pretty heavy on petrol.
Col
 
ColinEssex said:
I understand that the huge ugly car the President uses has non deflatable tyres. I don't know what type of car that is but I suppose you can buy them somewhere. I should imagine its pretty heavy on petrol.
Col
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I wouldn't doubt it. Not because of the tires, but because of the extra weight of the armor plating and bullet-resistant glass. Plus an engine strong enough to allow the vehicle to shove aside ordinary vehicles arranged as a barricade.
 
pbaldy said:
We were looking at new cars recently and some didn't even come with the little donut spare. They provided a can of the flat-fix stuff. Great for a slow leak, worthless if the tire gets cut or something. I put together a full-size spare for my wife's car, which we take on road trips. Some of those are through sparsely populated areas (like "next gas 100 miles" areas).
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Yeah the last three new cars that I've bought, two of them came with no spare and I was very frustrated. I guess the only positive side is that it inspired me to buy a full size spare in both cases which then made me feel better than I would have felt with a donut anyway. But still, what an expense extra!
 
The_Doc_Man said:
I wouldn't doubt it. Not because of the tires, but because of the extra weight of the armor plating and bullet-resistant glass. Plus an engine strong enough to allow the vehicle to shove aside ordinary vehicles arranged as a barricade.
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Blimey! That seems a bit much, still I suppose the famous American paranoia kicked in after the Kennedy incident.
Our Prime Minister uses an off the shelf Jaguar and the King uses a Rolls Royce. They do have police motorcycle outriders to ensure the road is clear.
Can normal people buy these President type cars? Or maybe a second hand one?
Col
 
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