A bunch of maniacs decided to turn a Tesla Model 3 into a tank with some giant chain tracks – resulting in a 6-ton electric off-roading machine. At Electrek, we believe every ground transport vehicle ...

To begin, they fabricated a frame out of square-section steel tubing. After that, they mounted drive sprockets to it using heavy duty pillow block bearings. The Tesla’s driveshafts spin those inputs, ...

Sometimes wheels just don’t cut it. When the going gets tough, the tough make tracks. Continuous track drive systems – aka tank treads, or tracks, have been around for centuries. The first known use ...

Tesla’s Model 3 is without a doubt one popular EV, ticking all the important boxes, from design to energy efficiency and price. But it can only take you so far, as it’s not exactly built for off-road ...

Tesla makes great EVs and their sales figures couldn’t paint this picture any more clearly, but what the automaker can’t quite offer is personalization. Basically all are pretty much identical, and in ...

When it comes to dominating offroad performance, many people’s first thought is of tracked vehicles. Bulldozers, tanks and excavators all use treads, and manage to get around in difficult terrain ...

Let's face it, summer can be boring sometimes. When it does, why not build a friggin tank!? Well, one man has, MasterMilo. In a series of YouTube videos, this junkyard engineer has done the impossible ...

November 16, 2023: In Ukraine, landmines have once more proved to be the most common cause of armored vehicles being lost. The mines don’t destroy the tanks, they damage its track-laying mobility ...