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10. The truck used comes in two varieties.

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:52 PM

Jan 11

One is ICE.

The other is EV.

The EV version weighs something like 30% more than the ICE version.

The rental chosen by the killer, who may have been a fanatic but wasn't entirely stupid, was the ICE version.

The more mass at a given speed, the harder it is to stop. I mean, high school physics kids have learned this since I was in HS physics in '75. If I wanted to smash crap with a vehicle, I'd go for heavy.

As a bonus, if you damage the battery just right you can get it to catch on fire--and battery fires are hard to extinguish because those Li+ cells want to release their energy. So there's always that. I wonder if his Air BnB had a charging station or if he'd charged it recently.

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If they ha known Srkdqltr Jan 11 #2

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Sounds like "city fail." Igel Jan 11 #11

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I know there exist those temporary concrete barriers for road construction. forgotmylogin Jan 11 #6

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