| ▲ | Why the Slate Truck Only Costs $25K(edmunds.com) |
| 18 points by RickJWagner 11 hours ago | 25 comments |
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| ▲ | dtagames 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Many people will be pleased to have a vehicle with no communication, sensor, or surveillance systems. It's hard to estimate how important that might be now that all other cars force them on everyone. |
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| ▲ | qsxfthnkp2322 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | You must be very naive to think that this app that you would need for this vehicle won’t do all that. | |
| ▲ | brookst 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | It’s going to be very interesting. Has Slate identified an under-served market? Will they see mainstream success? Or is this another iPhone Mini / Framework / sports wagon where a small, passionate minority ends up disappointed and angry that their priorities are not shared by the mainstream? I sincerely hope for the former. We need lower-cost vehicles, I like diverse product offerings, and this is a purist’s take on a small truck. But then I like small phones, (the idea of) repairable laptops, and sports wagons. | |
| ▲ | wiml 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > a vehicle with no communication, sensor, or surveillance systems Do we know that? The website seems silent on the topic, unless I've missed something. | | |
| ▲ | dtagames 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | As we used to say in the car business, "it comes with a heater and paint." In this case, not even paint, but you can buy decals and wraps. |
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| ▲ | dzhiurgis 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It's most likely will have comms. And it will make 0 difference for most people. Having your most expensive asset NOT have basic tracking is insanity. That said I'm all in for all of this to be easily disabled even tho I struggle to find a valid reason (in actual dictatorships you are fucked multiple ways anyway and in democratic ones you are about to do crime). |
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| ▲ | al_borland 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I’ve never been a truck person, if I hadn’t just bought a car 3 years ago, I’d be eyeing this. If it’s still around and remaining true to form when I’m ready for my next vehicle it will be a serious contender. Working from home, I don’t drive much. If I could not have a car at all, I would. Having a no frills truck, that’s isn’t an old beater in constant need of repair and maintenance, sounds really nice. |
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| ▲ | WheelsAtLarge 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This truck is remining me of the Yugo. When the Yugos were announced people were thrilled about the price. Unfortunately after they were in use people understood why they were so cheap, quality suffered and they were basically disposable cars. Cheap is nice in theory but eventually you wish for something a bit better. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugo |
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| ▲ | dtagames 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It seems unlikely they'll be like the Yugo. That car was produced in a low quality factory. This is a modern product from Jeff Bezos that has fewer parts, not just cheap, poorly made parts. Yugo was Yugoslavia's only car manufacturer. Slate competes with all the other US brands so it can't just be total garbage going in. That wouldn't make sense. | | |
| ▲ | otterley 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Bezos is just an investor; he played little part in its design or engineering. |
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| ▲ | germinalphrase 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I actually think it is not cheap enough. Start adding basic, standard features and the price doesn’t look as competitive against legacy manufacturers. Do those manufacturers offer an equivalently cheap EV today? Maybe, but probably not. Though they could, and if they did, Slate is probably toast. | |
| ▲ | bicx 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I also wonder if it will develop a negative stigma as a cheap beater truck used in company fleets and such. |
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| ▲ | Waterluvian 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Does it fit a standard 4x8 sheet flat with the tailgate down? (Anyone seen detailed dimensions specs?) |
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| ▲ | gnabgib 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Discussion (296 points, 2 days ago, 463 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48659451 |
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| ▲ | JSR_FDED 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Easiest decision ever to skip the infotainment system - your phone is better at that anyway. The Slate is like the original Nintendo Wii - swapping sophistication for fun. |
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| ▲ | mc32 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Price is nice to see. The cab design is from before the '90s though. That's to say, not much space and rather plain. Also, like many contemporary vehicles it still has that snubbed nose design that limits vision of low profile objects in front of the vehicle. It's a design choice, not a necessity. Wonder why given it was a blank slate design, |
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| ▲ | sidewndr46 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| is this vehicle actually available for purchase at $24,950? |
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