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I don't know what rimless wheels are? I'm not new to trucks either, curious what you mean?

At $0.06 you will be half her fuel cost or less...

Not sure the sacrifice on take would be worth it, for me. Would probably be pretty significant.

You are probably right that an EV is not ready for long range off road, but an EV will do much better than an ICE as far as efficiency off road. Lets say you are crawling off road and spend 10 hours travelling 20 miles. You basically spent 2 gallons of gas driving 20 miles and 2 gallons of gas...

Doesn't look like enough to act as a step, also, if you did try to use them, the toe of your shoe/boot would push against the body and with dirty/muddy shoes, I could see a lot of scuffing and scratching happening.

I always customize for function, I don't have plans for a wrap or anything like that. It will just be a slow optimization for my use, considering I will have it for a very long time.

How does your truck get anywhere off the pavement? It only has one motor. Or maybe you don't need 4 motors to go off-road? See the issue?

I'm sure there have been studies on this, but anyone with an electric car can tell you that your range is much further at lower speeds vs freeway speeds. I have a Leaf and Bolt and I think the sweet spot is around 30-35 mph.

At my electricity cost of 8 cents per kw, my Bolt is about equivalent to an ICE that gets 120mpg.

I have a Camplite Livin' Lite 21BHS. The brand stopped production in 2018, I think. Thor had purchased the brand and built them for a few years, but I think they were too expensive for them to build. Most of them were all aluminum even the chassis frame (unlike Airstream), all six sides of...

Campers have a high center of gravity, are heavy and have a huge effect on vehicle handling, and much smaller space than most trailers. Each one seems to have pros and cons. I like that you can leave your trailer at the campsite and then drive the truck as normal. Of course as with many...

Our first trailer was a 17’ Casita fiberglass trailer! It was great, except that there were 5 of us, just wasn't practical. Now we have an all aluminum 21' trailer with one slide out, still under 5k lbs and not a behemoth, but fits our family of 5.

I thought OCS12 was referring to the shape of the sails and how they would keep a camper from working similar to a traditional truck bed, the camper usually extends out over the bed sides and that creates an area for a wider living/seating area than just bed width. It's difficult to explain...

For real life a travel trailer does not need to match a cybertruck style/design. I don't think it needs to match the style of the Cybertruck, I'd much rather have form follow function. It would be nice to have it as aerodynamic and light as possible, but I'd rather have standing room, storage...

My rates are not variable. Rates are set by an elected local public utility commission. Rates generally are adjusted every 3-5 years. There is no "profit" for the public utility. I'm not worried, for now. You have to generate hydrogen with electricity and then lose about 50% of your...

I would seriously consider the van with the stipulations mentioned in the original post. It would need to have similar payload. My main use that I am concerned with is, 4wd, comfortable family hauler and comfortable tow vehicle for a travel trailer, as well as being an EV for low maintenance...

The pendulums have been in use for decades and the accelerometers for at least a decade. They still have knob or sliding switch to activate the trailer brakes independently if needed, and have a "gain" function to dial in the strength of brake activation. They are very reliable and every...

You should be able to use an aftermarket brake controller, unless modified, it wouldn't activate except when you apply the brakes. Aftermarket controllers just get a signal that brakes are activated (brake pedal switch), then the pendulum (older controllers) or accelerometer are used to...

A brake controller is required for (most) trailer brakes. "Any vehicle" with just wiring/relays will not activate the trailer brakes on most trailers. The wiring/relays alone, will activate the brakes lights and turn signals, but a brake controller is required to activate the actual brakes on...

I would bet it will come with a trailer brake controller, maybe as an option. If for some reason it doesn't come with the Cybertruck, you can always add an aftermarket brake controller, there are many different brake controllers available in the aftermarket.