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[–] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Prototype stage to be followed by the "Sorry, it will cost $35,000 due to {excuses}" stage.

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

    A car with a trunk that has no lid is not a fucking pickup truck and it never will be.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Good luck to them, but I have a feeling it will be about double that price when it exits the prototype stage and is actually being sold.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Fuck Ford after hosting Trump.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I’d still prefer a series hybrid with a diesel generator and half the batteries. Especially with a with a winter storm bearing down.

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

    Plus the hybrids can function as stand in place generators for jobsites and houses. I know their hybrid f150s can be optioned out with 7200w inverter kits that pull from either the battery or engine as needed. You know how many contractors would immediately jump on the opportunity to not have to lug around big ass gensets to multiple jobsites?

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Yeah, and with a series hybrid you get all the torque benefits of a pure electric and none of the crazy transmissions of a parallel hybrid. Plus depending on the generator it might even weigh less.

    Plus, half the batteries per truck means it’s cheaper.

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  • [+] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    I'd buy that truck over a Slate.

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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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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Probably because they don't sell very well. At least, they don't at the dealers I have worked at in South California. Which is like, EV capitol of the world.

    Hyundai/Kia, Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler, Jaguar, Land Rover, etc, all couldn't hit their sales marks on EVs consistently each month, so they inventoried less of them and they usually sat until they were a year or two old and they got discounted. Unless its a Tesla, people just aren't buying EVs in the volume necessary to justify the dealers liking them. Plus, working on them requires extra safety equipment and training, which costs more money but the manufacturer does not pay or reimburse for any of that.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    $30k for a ford. No thanks. Sell it for 12k. Look at all the EVs and UTEs in the east all go between 9-15k. No gimmicks.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    Knowing Ford, it's gonna be awful and impossible to do maintenance on, but it can't possibly be worse than the nazi dumpster.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Good!

    Even if you’re a climate change denier, fact is Ford has to figure out cheap EVs anyway. ICE costs pretty much bottomed out, unless you’re talking about a generator for an EV drivetrain.

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

    Cheap EV! Forty thousand fucking dollars including a steering wheel, actual rubber tires, tax and title. What are you poor bastards waiting for?! Get in debt!

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Probably going to be four doors and a 4.5 foot bed, to me a decent size bed is the most important part of a truck.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    i can't wait to see how someone from doug's podcast can ruin this vehicle, too.

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  • [–] -3 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    I feel like anyone who is buying a truck will never want an electric truck and will most likely just be made fun of in all his friend groups.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I want a small two door electric pickup truck that is basically the size and ride height of a hatchback but with a bed instead.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    i would buy an electric full bed truck tomorrow if anyone made one. fuck four doors, fuck a short bed. i need a truck to move full sheets of material.

    i love my stick diesel 2500, but id go electric in a heartbeat.

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