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  • wtgW Offline
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    wtg
    wrote on last edited by wtg
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    Slate Auto, a firm backed in part by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is unveiling a low-cost electric truck that can also change into an SUV.

    Its starting price point: $20,000 after federal EV incentives.

    "A radically simple electric pickup truck that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV," the Slate Auto website says. "Made in the USA at a price that’s actually affordable (no really, for real)."

    The two-door version can be changed into a 5-seat SUV. The baseline truck is small: About two-thirds the size of a Chevy Silverado EV and about seven-eights the size of a Ford Maverick. It has a payload capacity of 1,400 pounds compared the Maverick's 1500 pounds.

    At less than 15 feet long, Slate says its more akin to a 1985 Toyota pickup.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/bezos-backed-slate-auto-unveils-affordable-ev-truck-rcna203014

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    • AxtremusA Online
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      I like it, at least the idea of it.
      Now just waiting to see the reliability/longevity data.

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        Steve Miller
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        Reminds my of the Toyota Stout pickup my brother drove in high school. Simple, reliable, and tough as nails.

        I want one.

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          CHAS
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          I liked the handy little trucks Toyota made. Rented a RV built on one in Alaska.
          Would make a handy second vehicle. Try and failing to justify buying one.

          "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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