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[Blue J]

So I am wondering if this thing can actually go 400 miles Off-road. https://www.caranddriver.com/rivian/r1t

I can't imagine replacing the batteries.

my best friend is in his 2nd Tesla . The mileage has variations of greater / lesser distances based on variables such as you'd imagine them being ; inclination, temperature, wind direction & velocity , etc...

so, averaging 400 miles would be tough if you think about those being on loose surfaces & sand or anything which traction slips during is going to affect mileage. I know he can make it in his model 3 from Mt Juliet to Cobb Galeria on one charge & still have charge to drive around. 3-4 yrs ago, in his modelS with same battery & motors , he would have to stop in Chattanooga to charge. So , they are getting the tech better.

we have all seen the Korean conversions of JKs to electric crawlers , right ?  It's the weight & the torque heavy drainage on the batteries that holds this back ...I fully expect Tesla to issue a truck that'll make this conversation moot in the next 5-10 years. Our kids kids will laugh at the stories of their great granddad's driving gasoline powered rock crawlers.


on your original question; I highly doubt that can go 400 miles on a charge off of asphalt .

maybe your gran kids...mine just bark.

I have not seen any 'lectric jeeps. I've seen some tricked out golf carts down at the beach.

[patman]

So I am wondering if this thing can actually go 400 miles Off-road. https://www.caranddriver.com/rivian/r1t

I can't imagine replacing the batteries.

my best friend is in his 2nd Tesla . The mileage has variations of greater / lesser distances based on variables such as you'd imagine them being ; inclination, temperature, wind direction & velocity , etc...

so, averaging 400 miles would be tough if you think about those being on loose surfaces & sand or anything which traction slips during is going to affect mileage. I know he can make it in his model 3 from Mt Juliet to Cobb Galeria on one charge & still have charge to drive around. 3-4 yrs ago, in his modelS with same battery & motors , he would have to stop in Chattanooga to charge. So , they are getting the tech better.

we have all seen the Korean conversions of JKs to electric crawlers , right ?  It's the weight & the torque heavy drainage on the batteries that holds this back ...I fully expect Tesla to issue a truck that'll make this conversation moot in the next 5-10 years. Our kids kids will laugh at the stories of their great granddad's driving gasoline powered rock crawlers.


on your original question; I highly doubt that can go 400 miles on a charge off of asphalt .

maybe your gran kids...mine just bark.

I have not seen any 'lectric jeeps. I've seen some tricked out golf carts down at the beach.

How about an electric rock crawler? Cause it's happening:

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[jd30005]

So I am wondering if this thing can actually go 400 miles Off-road. https://www.caranddriver.com/rivian/r1t

I can't imagine replacing the batteries.

my best friend is in his 2nd Tesla . The mileage has variations of greater / lesser distances based on variables such as you'd imagine them being ; inclination, temperature, wind direction & velocity , etc...

so, averaging 400 miles would be tough if you think about those being on loose surfaces & sand or anything which traction slips during is going to affect mileage. I know he can make it in his model 3 from Mt Juliet to Cobb Galeria on one charge & still have charge to drive around. 3-4 yrs ago, in his modelS with same battery & motors , he would have to stop in Chattanooga to charge. So , they are getting the tech better.

we have all seen the Korean conversions of JKs to electric crawlers , right ?  It's the weight & the torque heavy drainage on the batteries that holds this back ...I fully expect Tesla to issue a truck that'll make this conversation moot in the next 5-10 years. Our kids kids will laugh at the stories of their great granddad's driving gasoline powered rock crawlers.


on your original question; I highly doubt that can go 400 miles on a charge off of asphalt .

maybe your gran kids...mine just bark.

I have not seen any 'lectric jeeps. I've seen some tricked out golf carts down at the beach.

How about an electric rock crawler? Cause it's happening:

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Internal combustion engine only for me...

[j3ff3ry_j33p]

@jd30005  check this out:

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From what I can tell, it seems to be mostly Korean engineers ( who must have caught the crawl bug , somehow) that have pursued this effort* . their channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/snuelpl
shows a rubicon trip. ( I'm unsure wtf is up w/ the bad music in videos)


 Don't misunderstand my intent; I'm all about the internal combustion engine, but , I admit that sometime down the road , this is inevitably how rock crawling will be.
It's freaky being so quiet .


(*after driving multiple Tesla , I can say that the motors have gobs of the torque we love... immediately,too.
the 1st thing I said after my first drive was ,
" OMG. if I could get 1 of these motors on each 40" tire per corner it'd be unstoppable..." )

but then I was told that nearly 40% of the (heavy) Model S weight is  from the entire bottom being 1 big battery . It was then that I realized that battery weight will cause this technology to come to offroading , a little on down the road


batteries are so heavy , I'd bet that the 2door ,olive JK in video weighs at least 7000 lbs. Not our future but 1-2 generations from now....

[jd30005]

Thanks for sharing.  I'm sure it may be the future, but I will be long dead and gone.  I can appreciate the tech aspect, but sounding like an RC car on the trails is not my thing.  The tree huggers might love them, but give me the growl of a real engine all day long.

[clark123456]

Yeah, the growl can be too much...I wish Sam had dumped his money into an electric power source instead of that monster he has...goodness it's horrible to be behind him when lining up to hit the trails. 

Luckily he breaks off to take the bypasses.

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[jc79]

^ Savage

[tcdawg]

^ Savage

But true

[BigPrince]

goodness it's horrible to be behind him when lining up to hit the trails. 

So it’s Sam and Kirk now?

[j3ff3ry_j33p]

goodness it's horrible to be behind him when lining up to hit the trails. 

So it’s Sam and Kirk now?

nah, just Kirk.

[BigPrince]

https://www.instagram.com/p/B32ASXmCrlJ/

(hrmm thought it would preview, guess not - link is to a small instagram edit of new Chevy trucks)

[BigPrince]

SXS running Pritchets on 42" stickies... hrmmm

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3853y2hKfI/