• artyom@piefed.social
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    9 hours ago

    Seems highly unlikely that the guy can make a road-legal truck in his garage for sale, but best of luck to him.

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      40 minutes ago

      I’ve watched a bunch of his videos before. He has an old abandoned car factory with a ton of equipment. No idea how any of the building maintenance has been paid for since they were in rough shape but would be cool to see it in action. Not sure YouTube ad dollars and patreon will carry him all the way there though

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      4 hours ago

      I think that the Cybertruck is proof that anyone who knows how to use a welding torch can create a road legal vehicle in the US

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        52 minutes ago

        the cybertruck was made by a very rich pedo though. those are above the rules.

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      8 hours ago

      He explained they will be selling as a kit not a complete car. most states have a ‘kit car’ registration option for things like custom tube chassis cars. Would a dealership be able to sell them new and fully built? Almost certainly not.

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      8 hours ago

      Not to mention, at the end of the video he says he’s in need of specialists of basically every kind needed for the project. I have the same level of capability to complete this project, though the video’s popularity speaks to the demand for it

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        Somehow it still won’t allow byd electric cars despite them being able to go a 1000 miles on a single charge and it taking less time to recharge than it does now by then

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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      9 hours ago

      Why wouldn’t you want your open-source user serviceable vehicle to use parts available within your continent??? Seriously, what are you trying to even say

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    12 hours ago

    Kinda wanted to watch that, but had stop after the unskippable car ad (lol) a few minutes in