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Two years after buying my $2,000 electric truck from China, here's how it looks now | electrek (electrek.co)

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[-] bubbalu@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Great story! I did the math based on the author's statement that the american equivalent (not being made at scale) is 5x more at $37,000 and all total they paid about $7,000 to get the truck from the factory to Florida.

For context, a '94 Ford Ranger costed $10,000.

[-] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Too funny, I was thinking about this guy the other day. His original piece was so charming and fun for some reason. Made an impression on me

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

I'm not against them but when Donut got one, my impression was that it was a poorly constructed albeit luxurious golf-cart

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 12 points 2 months ago

Realistically, that's all most people need. And for the price of a nicer MacBook, you can't really complain.

The only real issue is safety, that might add a few hundreds or thousands.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Looks like a better mule basically. The dump bed is sick though.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

After tens of millions of views on its viral videos and articles over the past two years

Dude bought this for farm and still shines more than all the cybertruck snobs lol.

[-] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Aw, thought there was another update. Good share, I even reread it.

[-] Barx@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

It looks awesome

[+] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -24 points 2 months ago

So it's good if you can and enjoy fixing, replacing, and tinkering a lot - not if you want something reliable and durable - which is what I expect from electronics I import from China.

[-] corvi@lemm.ee 24 points 2 months ago

Not sure where you’re getting that. He replaced some springs for comfort and put in a bed liner. It’s a farm truck. If you’re not willing to do the absolute minimum, you probably don’t need a farm truck.

[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 months ago

The only thing that had broken was one of the rear reflectors, and that’s only because my dad crushed it

After two years of near-daily use, the truck is holding up admirably. I know that fact is going to drive the haters up a wall

Bruh, of all possible criticisms?

[+] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -22 points 2 months ago

Did you miss the part where he had to replace the shocks, the tires, restore the bed ... ?

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

shocks for comfort, tires wear out, and he put a bed liner in like the vast majority of trucks have. Nothing out of the ordinary.

[+] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -12 points 2 months ago

The shocks were the wrong stiffness for the application, the tires wore out very quickly, and I forgot that the seats were also disintegrating after only two years. That's not what I expect from a light truck or any other quality farm equipment. This is a vehicle for somebody who wants to continually maintain and upgrade it.

[-] punkfungus@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago

They were springs, not shocks. Of course it was too stiff for exclusive use on a farm, it's expected to do most of its driving on roads in China. The tires didn't wear out, he wanted knobbier tyres for the farm. And you know what other vehicle always wore through its seat upholstery in 2 years? Nineties hiluxes. You know, the gold standard of rugged, simple reliability. And guess what, living on a farm those required a lot of maintenance too. It's a machine, machines wear out with use even when they have Toyota badges.

These cheap electric trucks are a return to simple, easily serviceable designs that you'd think ol' boys would be cheering for. Instead all they do is cry about it. It's culture war brain rot

[-] tyler@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago

Your ability to completely misread what actually happened is honestly astounding.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Dude seems happy! You figure the author is only impressed because of his skin ($) in the game?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm sure he's happy! My point is that this really isn't a solution for everyone given some of the major flaws. A lot of people appear to be upset by this, and some are even choosing to imagine some rather nasty things.

[-] Xanis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm not very familiar with this whole apparently situation. What are the flaws and nasty things you're talking about?

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