Robert the Pikachu had lead his Pikachu Marines into battle against the Team Rocket Empire before, but he had never had to figure out how to drive one of the Human Pickup Trucks while it was moving beforehand and it showed as the Hijacked Vehicles swerved around the road like crazy.

With half the Pikachu working the Gas Petal and the other half working the Steering Wheel together without any clue how to drive the Human Vehicle to begin with, the Swerving Pickup Trucks became understandable to reason out why the Pikachu had trouble controlling them before they all crashed.

2 to 3 Miles away from Washu's Boarding School was as far as the Pikachu Squadrons got before they had to retreat the rest of the way on foot towards the nearest town.