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Re:Tesla Semi, a Deep Dive by saxonww on Monday December 05, 2022 @09:26AM (#33866025)
I'd never heard of 'rolling coal' before. It's where you modify a diesel vehicle to dump fuel and emit a lot of smoke from the exhaust. As you might expect, people who do this to their trucks are very proud of it; it's usually a 'statement' against environmentalism.

It purposefully wastes diesel which is already much more expensive than gas. It's dangerous for a variety of reasons. It's illegal in the US and parts of Canada, though apparently not well policed. It's stupid.

Re:Tesla Semi, a Deep Dive by Kirby64 on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:26AM (#33866818)
Take a visit to any part of the south. Plenty of coal rollers around there. In some places, driving a sedan is the weird thing (instead of a truck).
Re:Tesla Semi, a Deep Dive by w0m on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:32AM (#33866900)
Picture you're going down the highway not really paying attention to cars around you outside of general safety. Lifted dodge aggressively pulls infront of you; forcing you to spike breaks before it's engine revs and you're completely blind in a giant smog cloud as the truck spews all over you. It's nasty and some seem to hunt EVs to vomit on.