A $20,000 electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto. | Ars Technica
A $20,000 electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto.
Owners can buy kits to add accessories and features to the Slate Truck.
Pro:
Cons:
Meh
I drive 150 miles in a day about once a month when I drive the nicer gas car for pleasure. My commute is 40 miles round trip in shitty 1990s cars that I wouldn't want to drive any further, probably akin to the QoL in this truck. My weekly travel total averages 200 miles.
If you actually write down your habits, the majority of people are much less affected by the short range than they think. If you're hauling 2000lbs of gravel 400 miles a day, this is not, and is not supposed to be, the truck for you
Right 150miles is enough most of the time for most people, but it wouldn't make much sense to buy a pickup truck if you can't use it that one day every few weeks/months you actually have to transport something a little farther away.
And most people wouldn't buy a pickup with two seats, so considering the use case of a two seat pickup truck, 150miles range isn't that great.
I love the idea of just using your own phone or tablet for Nav/media if implemented properly.
150 miles would work just fine for most people, assuming it actually does 150 miles and will continue to for years, which I feel like is never what actually happens. There it a larger battery option, obviously for more $$$ lol.
240mi with the user replaceable add on extended battery
Interesting concept. Could work in Europe, too, if not offered as pickup.
