New Cybertruck vs Improved Big Mac! Which Will Have a Bigger Impact? Is America Ready For Bold Truck Design Or Fresher Veggies, Toasted Bun & More Secret Sauce? Does USA Prefer Mediocre Food & Trucks? episode artwork

EPISODE · Dec 22, 2023 · 45 MIN

New Cybertruck vs Improved Big Mac! Which Will Have a Bigger Impact? Is America Ready For Bold Truck Design Or Fresher Veggies, Toasted Bun & More Secret Sauce? Does USA Prefer Mediocre Food & Trucks?

from The Best Paragraph I've Read... · host Zac & Don

The Best Paragraph I've Read: "The Cybertruck, for all of its many faults, lives up to this promise. Too many other EVs don’t. A fully electric Ford F-150 Lightning is a technological feat that can power a house for up to three days, but from a distance, you can’t tell it apart from its gas-powered cousin. Other EVs are even more Wonder Bread: The electric Hyundai Genesis G80 is so similar to its gas twin that it has been described as an “EV in disguise.” Toyota is working on a simulated stick shift for EVs that will let drivers pretend to manually shift gears, and many EVs spurt out fake engine noises. Some EVs, such as the retro-futuristic Hyundai Ioniq 6, are more sci-fi, but on the whole, carmakers are trying to make the jump to EVs easier by sticking with the big-grilled designs that drivers already know. That’s apparently why Ford made the F-150 EV look so familiar. “The car market is quite conservative,” Clarke said, “because for most people, a car is the second-biggest purchase they’ll make.” That tendency is dumbing down the truly world-changing capabilities of the electric car." This paragraph comes from The Atlantic. The article is titled: Admit It, The Cybertruck Is Awesome." The author is Saahil Desai. You can read the full article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/11/cybertruck-tesla-electric-pickup-design/676201/ Zac and Don wonder what is a bigger deal? The new Cybertruck or the Improved Big Mac. Which will impact more people? Which will have more staying power? Zac and Don also discussed the following article from the Wall Street Journal and author Heather Haddon: No More Dry Burgers: McDonald's Overhauls It's Biggest Item

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