I wish somebody would do this with a gas truck.

[Nick87]

100%. Make me a new 90s Chevy 2500 with a manual transmission and I’d buy one tomorrow. Put a 6.0 in it and it would be even better.

It’s hard to find the base models of a current truck on a dealer lot. They make a lot more selling a King Ranch instead of a work truck.

Absolutely. At least you guys dont have the salt. Jealous. If we didn't my current truck that is 10 years old would last me another 15 probably. That'd be nice.

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

 

[mtmuley]

Add power windows and locks and I’m in. Don’t really need anything else.

Don't need those either. mtmuley

 

[Southern Elk]

Don't need those either. mtmuley

My 94 doesn’t have them. I don’t like leaning over to the passenger side to roll the window down.

 

[mtmuley]

My 94 doesn’t have them. I don’t like leaning over to the passenger side to roll the window down.

Dang. mtmuley

 

[Dakotakid]

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.

A major corporation is spending a fortune, or rather you tax payers are paying them a fortune to develop the smart grid for electric storage of energy.
When your vehicle is plugged in the grid, it can add or drain your battery as needed to store energy.
Might sound crazy but it is behind the push to get EV into homes.

 

[TakeABreakAndTouchGrass]

How many of y’all lined up to buy the $20K base model ford maverick when it rolled out? Checks a lot of boxes that are being named here, but it’s small like I assume this one will be.

 

[jwatts]

I love my new truck, but I wish I could have opted out on a lot of the bells and whistles. During the winter if I have been riding down a lot of gravel roads my blind spot assist is basically useless unless I clean the sensors on my rear bumper. The sensors get a film of dirt on them and just keep the blind spot warning lit up. If the windshield gets mud in the right spot the park assist and crash detection warnings keep scrolling across the dash until I clean a few cameras. It's annoying to have a lot of features I don't want, then have to go out of my way to keep them functional to avoid random warning lights. Those heated seats and steering wheel sure are nice though.

 

[Addicting]

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

It comes unpainted? Who would buy an unpainted vehicle even with a wrap? No one who drives in winter.

 

[hank4elk]

My 94 doesn’t have them. I don’t like leaning over to the passenger side to roll the window down.

98 Tacoma and I can reach the passenger window crank.

 

[Bullshot]

A simple reliable truck without too many bells and whistles, so long as you don’t
need mega haul or tow capacity. Many used older model Tacomas would check that box perfectly. Easy to maintain. Last hundreds of thousands of miles, properly setup they can get where most larger pickups couldn’t.

 

[Wildabeest]

I love my new truck, but I wish I could have opted out on a lot of the bells and whistles. During the winter if I have been riding down a lot of gravel roads my blind spot assist is basically useless unless I clean the sensors on my rear bumper. The sensors get a film of dirt on them and just keep the blind spot warning lit up. If the windshield gets mud in the right spot the park assist and crash detection warnings keep scrolling across the dash until I clean a few cameras. It's annoying to have a lot of features I don't want, then have to go out of my way to keep them functional to avoid random warning lights. Those heated seats and steering wheel sure are nice though.

This makes adaptive cruise control often not function in bad weather as well. And since you can’t turn off the adaptive part (at least in any car I’ve owned that has it), you basically have no cruise control a lot of the time in winter since the sensors get covered with road slush.

 

[Addicting]

This makes adaptive cruise control often not function in bad weather as well. And since you can’t turn off the adaptive part (at least in any car I’ve owned that has it), you basically have no cruise control a lot of the time in winter since the sensors get covered with road slush.

Push and hold the cancel cruise button. Most of the time that will put it in normal cruise mode.

 

[cgasner1]

How many of y’all lined up to buy the $20K base model ford maverick when it rolled out? Checks a lot of boxes that are being named here, but it’s small like I assume this one will be.

Wasn’t in the market. Tried talking the wife into one last week

 

[Nick87]

How many of y’all lined up to buy the $20K base model ford maverick when it rolled out? Checks a lot of boxes that are being named here, but it’s small like I assume this one will be.

Thought about a compact pickup for the next one but my kids are growing and those backseat are pretty small.

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

This makes adaptive cruise control often not function in bad weather as well. And since you can’t turn off the adaptive part (at least in any car I’ve owned that has it), you basically have no cruise control a lot of the time in winter since the sensors get covered with road slush.

Push and hold the cancel cruise button. Most of the time that will put it in normal cruise mode.

This is the solution for most Toyotas.