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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by brohee on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:53PM (#23910285)
Someone beat the cannonball record (NY to LA) during the confinement with only one fuel stop...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvQFDtJUdHw

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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by loeg on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:48PM (#23912704)
They (and every other recent cannonball) retrofitted aftermarket fuel tanks to their trunk.
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Re:Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Musta... by brohee on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @05:29PM (#23921816)
Off course, and actually more than the trunk, rear seats and even passenger seat in that case, but you absolutely cannot do that to a meaningful usefulness with extra batteries.
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