#pickuptrucks — Public Fediverse posts
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Ford apparently needs a "skunkworks" to figure out how to glue batteries onto a pickup truck and slap a $30k sticker on it. 🚗🔋👏 Meanwhile, Ars Technica continues its tireless quest to publish #clickbait titles that promise more than they deliver. 📰🤯
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05/how-do-you-design-a-30000-electric-pickup-inside-fords-skunkworks/ #Ford #Skunkworks #ElectricVehicles #Innovation #PickupTrucks #HackerNews #ngated -
Ford apparently needs a "skunkworks" to figure out how to glue batteries onto a pickup truck and slap a $30k sticker on it. 🚗🔋👏 Meanwhile, Ars Technica continues its tireless quest to publish #clickbait titles that promise more than they deliver. 📰🤯
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05/how-do-you-design-a-30000-electric-pickup-inside-fords-skunkworks/ #Ford #Skunkworks #ElectricVehicles #Innovation #PickupTrucks #HackerNews #ngated -
Taller hoods are a major contributor to crashes that kill pedestrians.
"More evidence is piling up that extra-tall vehicle hoods, increasingly common on American trucks and SUVs, are more dangerous to pedestrians."
"...Data from the 1990s found that a pedestrian hit by a light truck was two to three times more likely to be killed, with another study finding that light trucks were twice as likely to injure a pedestrian than a car, especially at low speed.” >>
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/01/127196-study-zeroes-dangers-taller-vehicles
#pedestrians #cars #SUVS #PickupTrucks #PedestrianFatalities #PedestrianDeaths #regulation
Image: Tall vehicle hood mingling with toddler and pram, Bellingen -
Taller hoods are a major contributor to crashes that kill pedestrians.
"More evidence is piling up that extra-tall vehicle hoods, increasingly common on American trucks and SUVs, are more dangerous to pedestrians."
"...Data from the 1990s found that a pedestrian hit by a light truck was two to three times more likely to be killed, with another study finding that light trucks were twice as likely to injure a pedestrian than a car, especially at low speed.” >>
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/01/127196-study-zeroes-dangers-taller-vehicles
#pedestrians #cars #SUVS #PickupTrucks #PedestrianFatalities #PedestrianDeaths #regulation
Image: Tall vehicle hood mingling with toddler and pram, Bellingen
