A concept articulated truck just announced from the Chinese Farizon manufacturer whose parent company is the Giant Chinese vehicle manufacturer Geely.
It’s part Semi truck, Part Luxury flat resplendent with full shower & washing machine facilities 
With Geely’s battery swapping tech they can change traction pack batteries at battery stations in less than a minute. fullycharged.show/episodes/this … on-wheels/
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Lots of thought going into that. Maybe not so much totally original, and maybe not so much, for the way the industry actually is going*, but a lot for discussion there.
*Seems to me there is less long distance stuff in the UK and Europe, maybe true elsewhere too: more trailer swops, driver cab swopping, etc. Sweat the assets, keep the truck working, not give a driver a 100k bedroom.
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I do like the glass roof, so long as it`s got a good hevac system and electric dimming glass.
Why does it have a steering wheel from an Austin Allegro ?
thehairyarsedtrucker:
Why does it have a steering wheel from an Austin Allegro ?
That didn`t last long in production.
This didn`t get to start production:
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Dreadful.Give me a Peterbilt any day.
So in the future, if I come out of retirement I go to bed over a toilet and in a shower. 
thebeardedone
It’s not a ‘‘proper’’ toilet, just a regular chemical one and rather tiny too though I guess for a chinese ■■■■ size it’s ok as is the rest of the stuff like the bed - you’re not fitting in if you’re over 5ft tall, again no prob if you’re a chinese/asian type I suppose. Nevermind the plastics started falling apart as he was demonstrating lol. How waterproof those flimsy sliding doors are for the shower is anyone’s guess. The washing machine I’m not a tramper but I think is not really necessary unless you’re away for more than a week at a time? And that F1 steering wheel 
I bet is there because there’s no space for a regular sized one