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Aftermarket trailer-hitch-mounted gasoline range extenders for EVs: silly or brilliant?

@bwilson4web, I am guessing that you already have most of these gadgets installed on your Tesla Model 3 and BMW i3.

Aftermarket Trailer Hitch-Mounted Gasoline Range Extenders For EVs: Silly Or Brilliant? - The Autopian

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Toyota Motor engineer costumes

Source: https://www.autonews.com/cars-concepts/toyota-develops-tech-make-evs-more-fun-drive?utm_source=dont-miss&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20231103&utm_content=hero-readmore

Halloween is a big deal each year in Japan, just as it is in the U.S., and Toyota Motor Corp. engineers here might be working on some of the weirdest costumes on either side of the Pacific. They've been dressing up Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles to act and feel like strangely different vehicles — at least on the inside. For example, they've developed software that, on command, remaps the performance of a Lexus RZ to mimic several other vehicles including a Toyota Tundra, a Japanese econobox "kei car" and a Lexus LFA.

They've also developed what's best...

bwilson4web Nov 3, 2023 Read More Replies: 2