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USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950 (www.caranddriver.com)
submitted 1 day 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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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

He was never "in it"; but he put up the seed money, then participated in the main round of fund raising and placed a ton of his people in the company. So even if his is not personally involved, he has all the strings he needs to pull it where he wants it to go (which, IMO, means Slate will be enshitified to the full the moment those little trucks start selling)

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/inside-the-ev-startup-secretly-backed-by-jeff-bezos/

[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

If they enshittify in the future, then you can just not buy one of the enshittified trucks. The old ones will still be out there, rolling around fine, without any internet connection that the company could use to remotely sabotage them.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What I wonder is how exactly are they going to enshittify it? It's extremely barebones and modular in a way that anyone can design add-ons and accessories for it. I can see them doing subscriptions and the like for various add-ons but you can always just get the base model and get add-ons elsewhere.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They can betray the customer in many different ways... I am not willing to pay $25K to find out

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think my desire for a small electric pickup truck might override my caution in this case, we'll see if I get burned. At the very least I'm not going to preorder and will wait for real critical reviews after it's released.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

that's honestly a good approach… I'd do the same