A source inside the engineering department, speaking on condition of anonymity and from a different Teams channel, confirmed that the blueprint “has been reviewed and filed under ‘things that made Greg sit down quietly for a minute.’”
The Physics, Briefly
For readers who enjoy being the person at the party who says “actually,” the issue is that any force the magnet exerts on the metal is matched by an equal force on the truck. The two cancel out. The truck remains exactly where it is, and the owner remains exactly as hopeful.
It is the automotive equivalent of trying to lift yourself off the ground by pulling on your own bootstraps, except the bootstraps are a horseshoe magnet and the ground is New Jersey.
What Happens Next
The poster has declined to withdraw the design, instead releasing a follow-up statement that reads, in part, “You just don’t understand the vision.”
Meanwhile, Volkswagen has reportedly begun a quiet internal review of how many of its own concept cars were also sketched by someone shouting “but why not?” in a conference room.
