Walmart's New Truck Looks AMAZING!

Like many concepts this will not make it off the production floor.

Well the idea of building advanced prototypes like this is to explore new and better ways of building things. And the only way you can find out what will ultimately work or not is by testing it in the real world.

Here's the other thing I don't think has crossed anyone's mind about this truck. Did it dawn on anyone that they might be building prototypes that will ultimately be used for special high-speed transit ways across the country? I mean, look at the engineering. It's shaped like a rocket ship, it's made mostly of carbon fiber, and uses a special turbine engine. What other vehicles that you know of fit that description?

That's right - land speed record vehicles are shaped like a rocket ship, built of carbon fiber, and run on turbine engines.

Think about it.....what if you build a few special roadways that connect the East and West coast and build a truck that can haul three or four trailers and race across there at 270 MPH? New York to Los Angeles is 2,700 miles. One driver could make the trip with 1 tractor and 4 trailers in 10 hours, as opposed to the current standard which is 8 drivers driving 4 tractors in 48 hours. You would move the same amount of freight four times faster with one quarter of the power units and 1/8th of the drivers. Of course the big downside is that there wouldn't need to be any drivers for this type of vehicle. Drivers are the most expensive and least reliable aspect of moving freight so that headache would be eliminated altogether. A system like this would be operated remotely from a central command point.

Now I'll bet you guys really hate that truck!

Then why not utilize the infrastructure we already have with trains? It really is not any different creating a high speed road or shipping via train as far as loads go. I don't think it would take away from what they are already hauling by train instead of truck. I understand what you are saying on that.

On the other hand that thing is ugly with a capital U!

Then why not utilize the infrastructure we already have with trains?

We wouldn't be using the same technologies we're using today to make it happen. The speeds they would be shooting for would require a ton of changes right across the board.

That truck is a hybrid. I can only imagine how huge the battery bank must be and how much it would cost to replace them.

In our youth we viewed trucks with amazement. Remember the first time you've ever seen a long nose Pete or an awesome KW?

I know for a fact that whenever I saw a truck down the road I always stared at how awesome and badass it was.

Now we're having trucks that look like a disfigured Audi with a giant, white beanbag on the top of it. Hideous.

Say goodbye to the days of having that feeling of driving a vehicle that is pure badass. Now we'll be putting up with vehicles that look like they were built for teenage girls.

In our youth we viewed trucks with amazement. Remember the first time you've ever seen a long nose Pete or an awesome KW?

I know for a fact that whenever I saw a truck down the road I always stared at how awesome and badass it was.

Now we're having trucks that look like a disfigured Audi with a giant, white beanbag on the top of it. Hideous.

Say goodbye to the days of having that feeling of driving a vehicle that is pure badass. Now we'll be putting up with vehicles that look like they were built for teenage girls.

Don't you drive an almost pink truck? LOL Sorry, I couldn't resist! Don't hurt me too bad.

Now we're having trucks that look like a disfigured Audi with a giant, white beanbag on the top of it. Hideous.

I thought I made it clear that our official position is that truck is awesome!!!

Actually I do indeed remember standing by the highway as a little kid with my friends begging truckers to blow that air horn. And I remember we somehow decided that the official number of trucks you needed in a group to form a convoy was four. Seeing one or two trucks go by was awesome. But seeing a convoy??? Wow!!! We would just freak out!!!

In our youth we viewed trucks with amazement. Remember the first time you've ever seen a long nose Pete or an awesome KW?

I know for a fact that whenever I saw a truck down the road I always stared at how awesome and badass it was.

Now we're having trucks that look like a disfigured Audi with a giant, white beanbag on the top of it. Hideous.

Say goodbye to the days of having that feeling of driving a vehicle that is pure badass. Now we'll be putting up with vehicles that look like they were built for teenage girls.

Really Daniel? Says the guy that drivers the teenage ready pinkle truck.

If I'll be paid .445 cpm I'll drive whatever they give me. Besides, have you seen my pictures? Super sexy truck.

The only reason they can afford that is because they don't pay their employees a living salary. So they took all that money they're saving by not taking care of their employees and making them broke and they put it into a new vehicle. My hate for Walmart is strong.

Sums up my first thought perfectly.