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USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950 (www.caranddriver.com)
submitted 2 months ago by tychosmoose@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/electricvehicles/p/2162853/usa-slate-s-new-electric-truck-will-cost-slightly-more-than-24950

Range is said to be 205 mi (330 km), higher than the original estimate. This price is for the basic truck. The SUV configuration is expected to be $5000 more.

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[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (23 children)

I would truly not be surprised that this would be an attempt to take over there ev truck market, but manufacturers should have been paying attention. There's a huge market for small ass trucks, no one is catering to it

While I'm sure they'll try to enshittify, the downside to that plan is that they need to make sure no one takes their place and they need to have something people want that they can enshittify. The benefit of simplicity is that it makes it simpler for another manufacturer to pick up the slack.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 months ago (10 children)

There's a huge market for small ass trucks, no one is catering to it

That's incorrect. The Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz exist and are very popular.

Toyota is about to release one to compete with the Maverick, and Dodge has a small and a mid sized truck in the works.

[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Those are midsized. I would say Hyundai is the only one with the Santa Cruz, and that's not really a truck.

Edit: I stand corrected, I had assumed the maverick was rwd/awd, not fwd/awd. I'm going to amend my statement and say the maverick is also not really a truck. I consider having the drive wheels under the payload to be an important aspect of a truck. Not that it really matters in the grand scheme of things.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 0 points 2 months ago

The Santa Cruz is absolutely a truck. It even has a 3500lb towing capacity. Plus it's only 4in shorter than the Maverick.

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