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Ford CEO Says Its $30,000 Electric Truck Has Reached the Prototype Stage (www.autoblog.com)
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[–] 7 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I was super excited for Slate during the two minute video I saw about it..

Then I found out it was an Amazon truck.

Something like that would cut down a bunch on waste due to used markets for the vehicle and attachments, but jumping into an Amazon properiyory vehicle system is ridiculously dumb.

You're at their mercy.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    From my understanding, the Slate truck is financially backed by Bezos, but it is not an Amazon property. That said, it could still very well fall victim to what you're concerned about. If anyone knows otherwise, please correct me.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    One of the major selling features of the Slate is their intention to make the truck as end-user repairable as possible and publish documentation and how-to videos to support that. Whether they actually follow through remains to be seen, but if they do the Slate would be one of the least locked-in proprietary vehicles ever made.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That and it comes with NOTHING. No radio, no speakers, no paint, no rims, no automatic windows.

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