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A $20k electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto (arstechnica.com)
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[–] ExtremeDullard 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I would buy one, were it not for 2 major problems:

  • There's no way it's going to cost $20k with the Trump tariffs in place
  • Slate Auto, the reportedly Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup - yeah... I'm not giving my money to fucking Bezos.
[–] zgasma 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly my two issues.

I was so excited for a split second. I'm tired of every damn EV starting over $50k because they have to cram in every stupid feature dreamed up in the marketing department, but Bezos? Fuck that guy.

[–] ExtremeDullard 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The one EV I would have bought is the Kalashnikov CV-1. The fact that it was just a concept car, and from Russia, were a bit of a problem. But as square wild-looking electric cars go, I would have sprung for that one.

[–] zgasma 1 points 1 day ago

For sure. That looks like it could have been a lot of fun!

[–] crt0o@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Omg that thing looks gorgeous, it's a shame the company is owned by bezos

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Honestly electric windows are just one more thing to break in my opinion.