It almost looks like they have framing to obscure the true shape under the tarps

Especially since the sole reason for that bullshit is skirting fuel mileage requirements.

I hate how bad the visibility is in new cars. Tiny windows. Massive hoods. Huge blindspots.

They probably have a frunk up there. But they could have sacrificed a cubic foot and sloped it down for safety and efficiency.

*child murderer

You dont need it on ICE either.

At some point you need to stop letting perfect be the enemy of the good. Bezos is a Slate investor, but that hardly makes a slate something that's made by Bezos. It doesn't seem connected to the Amazon ecosystem in any way.

It's really easy to purity test oneself into complete irrelevance.

Check out telo - i really like them (wish it were more affordable, but still, if i were to buy a new vehicle, itd be that one once available and vetted)

The kid killer bumper is a feature, not a bug, apparently

Well they have been stuffing their covers to obscure the shape, so dont know for sure. Given their bragging about aero, it likely is not as bad as it looks.

You think pickup buyers give a fuck about pedestrian safety?

Fuck no.

Sounds like it will be a poor road tripper, but on the other hand, I have used a DC charger exactly once in three years of EV ownership, so I personally am not going to fixate on that. Of course I have about 270 miles of range so a shorter range could change that equastion...

"The public doesn't want EVs" -Ford after fucking up again

Why won't they make a basic body on frame truck with a 6' bed? I want it.

One thing I will say is I wager they will have a midgate option, which could promote the bed to vaguely serious compared to a Maverick, in some situations. They have a few times mentioned surfboard in the bed, and double downed in their sort of reveal trailer, where they clearly show it laying down with tailgate up.

May be a decent compromise in a truck market obsessed with crew cabs.

Based on the tone of their reveal, I'm not having high hopes for towing. Which would be a shame as I was hoping for a 4,000 pound towing capacity. Clearly targeted at city drivers that aren't doing a lot of real truck stuff.

Their emphasis on surfboard in the bed tells me they will at least do midgate for more workable bed... At least in fair weather conditions. That might make it ok at hauling wood from the store for projects.

On the carfront, would love for something like a miata, even with a short range.

The Maverick is a truck, the mustang comes in a crossover, why even keep the names.

I think I'm honestly going to do with an ebike. Car prices have gotten insane lately. I no longer travel across the country for work, and it's just me so I think I could manage regular small trips to the grocery store and back on a bike that I didn't have to do all the work to propel.

The upcoming Slate truck appears to be the closest thing to that ideal.

A Maverick is almost exactly the same size as a mid-'90s Ranger, which is a compact pickup. The only difference is that it's got more cab and less bed.

(Source: I parked my Ranger next to a Maverick once.)

I put money down on a Slate. It was the closest to what I wanted; a simple, no bs, light duty truck that's electric.

Their site puts it at just a little bigger than 1980's Toyota pick-up.

This is nothing close to a "monster size truck", it's actually quite small. Its smaller than a Maverick even. And while you can argue its not quite as small as the compact pickups of yore, there's absolutely no universe where it's "monster sized".

Looks like a ford maverick EV edition to me.

Well, could be worse. Could be BMW or GM leadership... At least the seats won't be by subscription and at least it will bother to support Carplay/Android auto...

It looks like it's intentionally wrapped in a way that hides the proper shape right now, like there's a plastic bag on the front with something inside making it stick up more. Maybe I'm wrong, but remove all that and I think it's just generic Ford truck shaped.

Idk, it's giving me vibes of lowered trucks from the early 00's. Pretty dumb but somehow I enjoy it.

Just like cyberpunk 2077... Just like cyberpunk 2077!

Marketing execs can’t figure out why the F150 Lightning failed. Is it because they priced it at luxury vehicle prices? Fuck no, it must be because consumers were too dumb and must have thought it was a trim level or something. So this time they aren’t going to reuse an existing name.

The F150 lightning is a fantastic truck. But the first BEV should have been the mid size, and maybe shoot for more range which is what consumers constantly doubt by streamlining the design a bit.

They decided to not make it a phev after doing some testing a few years back. Otherwise I'd already own one. Especially since they have AWD on the hybrid now.