Pessimism? Not 'Interesting', 'a great local delivery vehicle'?
Price, and drivetrain choice are variables, of course; but what I see is another attempt, like Aptera, Arcimoto or (in Canada) Edison Electric, to increase the number of manufacturers above three.
I see a parallel to the Nissan Pulsar Sportbak, or the xBus, with the modular architecture. A four passenger 240-mile range version is offered.
Cheap and basic is ontopic for the thread.
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Another competitor would be the
Telo MT1
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www.cartoq.com: Billionaire Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto Promises $25,000 Shape-shifting Electric Pickup
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A new electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is drawing attention with a bold pitch: a compact electric pickup truck priced at just $25,000, with modular body styles that can be swapped or customised post-purchase. The startup, named Slate Auto, was quietly established in 2022 and is now reaching out to investors with its radical vision of a "Transformer-style" EV—one that can morph between body types depending on what the user needs.
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'Member the custom minitrucks in the 1990s?