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Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 mile range

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Re: Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 mile range

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Post by davio »

6stringmerc wrote: post #46

Fascinating approach and re-thinking of a utility vehicle. I'm thinking the 10,000 - 20,000 units is pretty ambitious. Hence why The Verge politely just mentions that Bollinger hasn't figured out a "final price" yet but fails to mention what a "current estimate of final price" might be. When I think of utility vehicles, I think of Defender 90 and Toyota Hilux type vehicles - spartan, proven, reparable in many parts o…

I think they'd be better off selling them at 120K. The design on that thing is brutal (in a good way). I think collectors would buy them and they wouldn't have to worry about scaling their manufacturing.

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Post by manigandham »

dsfyu404ed wrote: post #122
manigandham wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you realize that it's your face that crashes into the airbag? It doesn't launch into you. Also your car's engine is a series of constant explosions connected to a giant tank of gas.

The airbag significantly reduced the distance between your face and anything else. In all but the most serious crashes your face will not hit anything if the seat-belt fits well. I'd rather have a sore neck from driving into a wall at 35mph than have a concussion from bouncing my face off of a bag full of high pressure gas. Side curtain airbags are a much more useful technology than frontal ones. Edit: Fire needs thr…

> In all but the most serious crashes your face will not hit anything if the seat-belt fits well.

Great, then there's nothing to worry about... but if it is a serious crash, you'll wish you had an airbag to bounce off of rather than a hard steering column, dashboard and windshield.

Re: Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 mile range

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Post by rileyphone »

nunobrito wrote: post #102
criddell wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the OP, but one justification is that they aren't consuming gasoline and taxes on gasoline are primarily how roads are paid for. I wouldn't go as far as the OP, but instead I would hope the government finds some way to tax electric vehicles equitably or change how road funding works.

In a few European countries (e.g. Germany, Austria, Switzerland) you pay a yearly tax for each car that you own that is meant to fund road maintenance/development. This is about 350 USD in Germany. At some other countries (e.g. Portugal, Italy, France), they have tolls for the highways so only the cars crossing that road pay for the cost. And a new option is automatic tolls, where you don't even stop. They just take…

In Florida we have a huge toll system with the majority of it under an RFID like 'pass' you stick under your window. Tolls are ran by the state, largely on busy state roads in larger metro areas. I'm a pretty big fan, largely because it contributes to our lack of a state income tax.

Re: Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 mile range

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Post by bobwaycott »

tyingq wrote: post #5

I know it's a prototype, but I wonder how much thought was put into safety. The simplistic look makes you think there's probably no crumple zones. And there's clearly no driver's airbag, dashboard padding, etc. Edit: The style seems heavily inspired by the original Ford Bronco. They even support the removable rear top. http://classicfordbroncos.com/builds/

It’s more of a straight-up Land Rover Defender clone to my eyes.

Re: Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 mile range

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Post by bobwaycott »

GreyTheory wrote: post #12
tyingq wrote: post #5

I know it's a prototype, but I wonder how much thought was put into safety. The simplistic look makes you think there's probably no crumple zones. And there's clearly no driver's airbag, dashboard padding, etc. Edit: The style seems heavily inspired by the original Ford Bronco. They even support the removable rear top. http://classicfordbroncos.com/builds/

Looks more like its inspired by the Land Rover Defender 90 to me. I don't really see the resemblance to a Bronco.

I knew someone else would see it was a D90. :)

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Post by marssaxman »

GreyTheory wrote: post #12
tyingq wrote: post #5

I know it's a prototype, but I wonder how much thought was put into safety. The simplistic look makes you think there's probably no crumple zones. And there's clearly no driver's airbag, dashboard padding, etc. Edit: The style seems heavily inspired by the original Ford Bronco. They even support the removable rear top. http://classicfordbroncos.com/builds/

Looks more like its inspired by the Land Rover Defender 90 to me. I don't really see the resemblance to a Bronco.

Yes, that stands out immediately. Great way to draw the right sort of attention for this concept.

Re: Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 mile range

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Post by marssaxman »

Leszek wrote: post #23
burger_moon wrote: post #18

Can you recharge these on a normal gas generator? Something like a Miller engine driven generator[1] could probably do it but those are $$$ for the average joe. I only ask because a lot of people trailer their rock crawlers/mudders to more remote areas to go play and have fun, but when the electricity runs dry you'll need a way to power it back up. This thing looks like it'd be a lot of fun not only for daily use but…

If you're carrying around a generator, you may as well carry around an internal combustion engine though?

That's the idea of a hybrid, no? For a lot of the places I'd want to go camping in a truck like this, I'd be likely to want a generator anyway, so I might as well trickle-charge the vehicle back up whenever the power is on.
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