Slate's New Affordable Electric Pickup Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than the Reported $24,950
www.caranddriver.com
The bare-bones Blank Slate's base price will rise to over $25,000 once its mandatory destination fee is finalized.
  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    17 hours ago

    Why own a car if it can’t do a round-trip weekend excursion or haul a bit of furniture?

    The overall point I’m getting here is that yes, that’s a fine expectation to have. But do you really need a King Ranch Super Duty just to go to the airport twice a year?

    • Jason2357@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      Thats the trouble with private vehicles in a nutshell. Sit idle for 95% of the time, and we need to buy models that are capable for the 1% of the drives we might want to do in a year.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      15 hours ago

      That’s a false dichotomy.

      I’ve been driving an S10 for decades. Yeah, it’s a little bit 20th century, it makes 18mpg out of a large, slow, primitive V6. It’s great for small truck missions, it’s reasonable for long hauls, and I can expect to go THIS far on THIS much gas.