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victorbojica • today at 4:23 PM • 6 replies • view on HN

But can they also be driven?


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paxy • today at 4:32 PM

You can drive a $30K car and have a $10K backup power system.

An $80K-100K car that replaces the two isn't some genius purchase.

Sure you can spend all the money you want on a luxury toy, nothing wrong with it, but it's weird trying to justify it as anything but that.

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marcosdumay • today at 6:30 PM

You an drive almost every EV that has that feature too.

Or rather, you can take half of the difference in price and install some proper PV + battery system in your house that can be used when there's isn't a catastrophe too.

80fj0348i • today at 4:37 PM

Yes. Many electric cars and trucks have this feature.

danans • today at 4:50 PM

No, but because they can't be driven, your house stays powered when someone goes for a drive.

trial3 • today at 4:25 PM

you're inventing the alternator from first principles

slowin • today at 4:29 PM

No, that's what my car is for. You can't drive your cybertruck when it's running your refrigerator. Wrong tool for the job.

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