Gasoline or diesel powered armored cars for the win. ^^

I doubt they'll find many charging stations in a war zone or bad neighborhood. LOL

On the one hand, the high weight of the battery has less impact if the rest of the car is also very heavy. And EVs tend to have better acceleration, which could help when escaping a dangerous situation.
On the other hand, the range of EVs is worse than that of gasoline-based vehicles, as are the recharging/refilling times. And the range issue will be exacerbated by the heavy weight of these specific vehicles.

I'm not sure how the long-term operational costs compare, though. Perhaps the maintenance of EVs is cheaper in the long run.



Depending on this last point, I'm not categorically against picking electric cars for the fleet of armored government vehicles. I am against the obvious cronyism, though. They seem to be backpedaling and will ostensibly hold an open-ended bidding, but we all know that Tesla will get the contract in the end. This is a bad look for the Trump admin.

A short in the system and your stuck
In a life or death situation I'll bet my LIFE on gas or diesel over electric any day

Enemy isn't going to wait for you to charge your vehicle in a time out

This post was edited by NerdLord on Feb 13 2025 09:59am

not surprising in the least

expect to see a lot more of Elon using the gov't to enrich himself in the next 4 years

the thought of an EV military auto running out of charge in an active combat zone is genuinely funny if not a bit morbid tho

i was reading about this online and sort by controversial indicated that this procurement had been placed under the biden admin? could someone double check?

Lmao, well after Elon watched Trump and Wife enrich themselves off the back of their position of power precedent was set for this presidency, I am sure Elon will be pushing lots of sales in the future.

This post was edited by SBD on Feb 13 2025 04:10pm

Wasteful spending
Get Musk on tha... wait a fukin second

GASP
Is this government corruption????

Trump lost money while in his 1st term.

https://www.aol.com/15-presidents-net-worth-taking-110300987.html

Donald Trump
Before: $3 billion

After: $2.3 billion

Barack Obama
Before: $1.3 million

After: $70 million

Who enriched themselves?

Bill Clinton
Before: $1.3 million

After: $241.5 million

Give me a break man

This post was edited by El1te on Feb 13 2025 04:24pm

It was. The NPR article on the first page says so within the first two paragraphs.

yep

from the NPR article:



also from some other news rag that I saw posted to reddit:



https://newrepublic.com/post/191477/tesla-elon-musk-government-contract


So yes it does appear that this contract originated from the Biden admin. Don't go saying that shit on reddit tho unless you want to be downvoted to hell and banned lol.