I wish somebody would do this with a gas truck.

[Southern Elk]

This thing will sell. A lot folks, myself included, want a truck without bells and whistles. I just wish it was a gas burner.

Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck

Slate Auto unveiled its base model, affordable electric pickup truck this week. It comes with crank windows and no infotainment system but is expected to price below $30,000.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[Nick87]

This thing will sell. A lot folks, myself included, want a truck without bells and whistles. I just wish it was a gas burner.

Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck

Slate Auto unveiled its base model, affordable electric pickup truck this week. It comes with crank windows and no infotainment system but is expected to price below $30,000.

www.foxbusiness.com

Yup. I'd be in.

 

[SFC B]

Looks like they are going to build it in my wife's hometown.......In a building that both of her sisters worked in at one time or another

 

[mevertsen]

Gas motor with a generator feeding electric wheel motors? Is it possible?

 

[Forkyfinder]

For a LOT of people this is a great solution - especially being an EV.

If you drive/commute 50 miles a day, i imagine its pretty practical even as a "commuter" or second vehicle.

 

[SAJ-99]

This thing will sell. A lot folks, myself included, want a truck without bells and whistles. I just wish it was a gas burner.

Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck

Slate Auto unveiled its base model, affordable electric pickup truck this week. It comes with crank windows and no infotainment system but is expected to price below $30,000.

www.foxbusiness.com

No profit margin in cheap vehicles as a whole, but gasoline vehicles also have more parts, so I am not sure anyone could build a gasoline vehicle at that price. Google search says the cheapest new vehicle is the Nissan Versa, and it is right around $20k and that is probably a manual transmission.

 

[MTGomer]

I want a Ford Raptor like that. Performance without all the luxury tech bs

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

I want a Ford Raptor like that. Performance without all the luxury tech bs

You can pry my ventilated seats from my cool no longer sweaty buttcheecks.

 

[mtmuley]

Raptors make me laugh. mtmuley

 

[MTGomer]

Raptors make me laugh. mtmuley

Nothing like driving through the desert while floating on a cloud. But not for $125k

 

[DFS]

A good functional gas 4x4 pickup would sell like crazy if they left out all the bullshit.

 

[pabearhunter]

They call them electric because it sounds better than BATTERY. They are powered by a battery just like your cell phone or your kids toy TRUCK !!!!

 

[howl]

"under $20,000 after the $7,500 federal clean vehicle tax credit. "

I just wish somebody would sell a vehicle I didn't have to help pay for. We're in a place where businesses don't have to build for profit. They just have to break even make something politicians will subsidize.

 

[Mattmann]

I like the idea and love my older trucks but I also love my Raptor Bronco with all the creature comforts

 

[Chama Grande]

Toyota has a gas version that they won't sell in the US, and the cost is 10-15k from what i've seen. 2.0 litre 4 banger with a 5 speed, and it's modular in these really interesting ways so that you can turn it into an overlander or a food truck

https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/a45752401/toyotas-10000-future-pickup-truck-is-basic-transportation-perfection/