I don’t even want a truck or an electric car (at this point), but I would love to own this.
The design is bad. The front trunk is a bad use of space, and the Japanese figured this out decades ago with the Kei truck. If you want to see real utility, look at this design.
I want one. The ONLY thing that would stop me is the rear-wheel drive. We get a lot of snow and rear-wheel and snow are not compatible.
Aight but does it have cruise control? If so it’s still too much. But they’re almost there.
It should have cruise control. Otoh most people driving work trucks drive are scum who drive at like half the speed limit, so maybe they’d also set their cruise control at half the speed limit.
Just the basic one or adaptive cruise control?
Basic doesn’t require extra sensors. If we had a camera for other reasons, 100% adaptive (or rather it should at least slow the car down if traffic slows)
Frugal design. I love it.
Shut up and take my money!!!
This sounds like they are going to deliver a truck that everyone is going to want/need to upgrade at least something, and are depending on this post-production upsell to keep things going. Reminds me of the Apple tax of only bare minimum RAM and you can pay a premium to upgrade it to something usable. And for Slate this fits well with the “customer can service/upgrade everything outside of battery stuff” as this lowers their overhead, and then are making a deal with a chain to do the servicing as the only alternative (and depending on which chain that is, and if the one near you is run well, could make this wildly different experience).
Paywalled.
Anyone got a battery range on this vehicle?
150 miles per charge
Thanks.
I am excited, this is what my husband and I have been waiting for - a regular vehicle with no bells and whistles just to raise the price
Fun fact, this isn’t $20K but that’s what it takes to get people, to share the article. The actual arrival says that it’s $20K after government rebates in the US. So it’s actually expensive without tax dollars.
More to the point, you can’t rely on the US government to continue rebates for EVs unless the manufacturer is owned by Musk.
I’m at least glad it’s not yet another bigger truck. I just want a vehicle to get from A to B that can actually fit things in the bed
I wonder how much petrol/diesel would cost if the government didn’t subsidise it. And if they were actually held liable for oil spills.
And if they were held liable for the damage they’ve done to the environment and climate, and people’s health.
Yup! And hopefully starts a new thing that other makers get behind!
Is it a networked surveillance nightmare?
Crazy how so many people have been begging for bare bones, affordable electric vehicles.
Then when one comes on the scene they do nothing but complain. Can’t please anybody these days it seems.
Edit: sp
What I would love to see for a pickup like this is a rentable battery slab you could drop into the bed and temporarily boost the mileage for longer trips.
Gross. Cars are a dead end for humanity.
This is a truck I’d actually feel comfortable driving. Unlike those gender affirming, semi truck adjacent, embarrassing pavement princess trucks that you see everywhere now.
Yes, please!
We need a wider range of vehicle prices on the market. I bet a lot of people would go for barebones models for cheap if they had the option.
