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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by paimapi on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:03PM (#50395047)
The cost of my 2015 Subaru Forester is apparently around 7k. A gas powered generator is 2-3k (and can be refilled with quick trips to the nearest usable gas station) and you can also pair it with a solar-powered one with panels for 3k.

That puts the total setup price to about 10% of a CT-Energy station.

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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Grombobulous on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:47PM (#50395675)
That’s a used car that’s more than halfway through the median lifespan of a vehicle.

We could start comparing used EVs if we want to.

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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by paimapi on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:50PM (#50395725)
And I could buy a hybrid that's only a few years old for 20k? I mean, it's still a magnitude less than the CT which is what I'm responding to. The idea that something the CT miraculously saved a certain family from disaster and was thus worth the 100k investment is just silly.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Grombobulous on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:22PM (#50397077)
I am confused why you think I’m defending the Cybertruck, I’m saying that a used ~$20k EV plus the equipment needed to hook it up to your house would probably satisfy most people’s desire for a generator.

Personally I never really understood the value of a generator in the first place but that’s just my opinion.

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