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It’s not even cool, it’s scary. What happens when this 7,000 pound brick loses power? There’s now a battering ram flying down the road with absolutely no control.

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There’s no failsafe? Jesus.

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Nope, the steering wheel has no mechanical connection to the wheels. There’s not even a mechanical emergency brake, that needs to be done electrically too.

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*parking brake not emergency brake. Most of these ratchet down and wouldn’t be very useful in an emergency since they’d just cause your rear wheels to lock up and lose traction.

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Well that’s disconcerting.

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I don’t understand the scenario where it would be flying down the road and not having power.

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Cars die on the road all the time. Imagine you’re on the highway, hit a bump, and knock a connection loose

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Non-flat roads do exist.

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So do brakes.

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Wow, surprised I haven’t seen this being discussed more.

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