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Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by 0wl3x on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:22PM (#21611996)
I think this might be a close second in ugliness to the Tesla Truck. Why can't have an electric Toyota Tacoma? Or an F150 or a Chevy Colorado?
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by crooked-v on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:23PM (#21612001)
If a company makes an electric clone of the F-150, it'll lose all its sales as soon as an actual electric F-150 is released.
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by roberto8647 on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:26PM (#21612022)
Check out the Rivian, it's a great looking electric truck in my opinion.

https://rivian.com/

Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by dmix on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:31PM (#21612038)
Great looking - everything but the cutesy front headlights.

I'd slightly prefer a blacked out Tesla truck to that. The main problem with the front/back of the Cybertruck is the it's very flat and plain where even a licence plate or name decal would make it look better. But I have a feeling it will look better in person than online.

Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by beached_whale on Friday November 22, 2019 @10:26PM (#21612248)
That will be the the Tesla F-117 Truck, with radar absorbing vantablack paint
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by paranoidrobot on Saturday November 23, 2019 @08:02AM (#21613896)
While I did snicker at the thought of a Vantablack'ed Cybertruck, I think it'd be a dangerous vehicle to have on the roads - your visibility would be so low.
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by dmix on Saturday November 23, 2019 @09:28AM (#21614243)
It’d be dangerous for self driving cars because LIDAR has trouble picking up deep black colours since it doesn’t reflect back any light.
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by beached_whale on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:28PM (#21630474)
daytime running lights are required in many places along with other lights and the windows.
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by crooked-v on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:33PM (#21612043)
> everything but the cutesy front headlights

I think I agree. I feel like it'd like it better if the headlights were inset as vertical stripes rather than rounded.

Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by hinkley on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:40PM (#21612069)
My thought process went something like, "Oh come on, how bad can they really be? I bet you could <clicks on link> just put... something... over... No. Nope, those are irredeemable."

There's an awful, awful lot of virtue signalling going on in all of these designs. Extra emphasis on the 'awful'.

Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by xeromal on Friday November 22, 2019 @10:24PM (#21612236)
What's the virtue they're signalling?
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by mxcrossb on Friday November 22, 2019 @10:38PM (#21612288)
I like how they lost the wading depth, I’m all set for the Oregon trail now!
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by manigandham on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:24PM (#21612008)
Ford is working on an electric F-150 prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXFHgoon7lg

And considering it's the electric drivetrain that adds all the main features (performance, tow capacity, torque, electrical outlets, etc), they could easily close the gap with Tesla. It remains to be seen on how much people care about the styling and hardened steel body though.

Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by generatorguy on Friday November 22, 2019 @10:51PM (#21612344)
Forgot range. Which depends on weight. Which is saved by the battery enclosure being a structural member of the vehicle. I think to make a decent electric truck it will take more than strapping some batteries under the box and swapping ice for electric.
Re:Bollinger B2 Electric Pickup Truck by catalogia on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:17PM (#21612440)
I think it's a pretty interesting design. It seems to draw inspiration from the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust.