New basic EV truck

[ultrarunner]

I can see a market but can it be delivered and make money and will the subsidies still exist to hit the target price?

Reliable comfortable ICE cars are also in this price range.

A very early adopter Doc I work with had very early home solar and also did his medical building plus had one of the first Leafs with Nissan trail and he no longer had a gasoline bill and his electric bill for home and office zeroed out…

He still had a winter natural gas home heating…

 

[ultrarunner]

SLATE as in blank slate might just catch on with endless mods and options post factory build…

All my younger friends are smart phone for entertainment and navigation…

Standard Heater, AC, backup camera and basic cruise with crank windows sound fine to me.

I find it exhausting when I drive the super duty in urban areas and just about forget about parking…

A compact utility vehicle that I can charge from my solar would cover a lot of my needs and add a rack and it would be very useful…

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I could see having one of those, but not as is.

It could be used as a manure hauler on the property, so I'd have to make a dump bed for it, and 4WD would be a near necessity.

But the main problem would be that I would NOT trust it to be parked in the barn. Yes, I know that not all EVs burn all the time, but it's a lot less painful for me to have a small gas engine cold started and then short tripped than it would be to lose all the lives in the barn.

 

[ultrarunner]

I think Tesla would sell a lot of small pickups as opposed to the Cyber Truck offered.

 

[ultrarunner]

My friend planned to retire last year at age 70 and was out truck shopping and decided to work another year as a high school teacher to pay for the f150 Tremor that checked all the boxes…

His wife also 70 works full time for a local hospital…

I know the new f150 costs a lot more than 25k

Trucks use to be priced on the bargain end of the scale…

 

[Oaktree]

Trucks use to be priced on the bargain end of the scale…

That was before automakers discovered that a significant number of buyers would pay more for lots of bells & whistles. Doesn't cost all that much more to add that stuff, so the increase is almost pure profit.

I find it exhausting when I drive the super duty in urban areas and just about forget about parking…

If I lived in the city or suburbia I would definitely consider a smaller vehicle for those very reasons. There is definitely a market for a small truck, as shown by the success of the Maverick.

 

[RSKY]

This is what I have been looking for in an EV. Kind of like a glorified, street-legal golf cart. I've got to have the 6-7 seat SUV for hauling all the grands. Got to have the pickup to tow a trailer with tractor and haul other stuff. But hate the gas bills because most of my driving is actually on round trips less than 60 miles with a lot of stop and go and idling. That little truck could make it from my home to the largest shopping area, 30 miles, then to oldest daughter's home, 30 miles, then to secondary shopping area and schools, 20 miles, to youngest daughter's house, 15 miles, then home, 5 miles! Plug it in and have it ready for the next trip. Half of my total driving could be in this thing. All the little trips of ten miles or less to the local Wally World, to church, and other places around town would be much cheaper in the Slate Pickup. It would have been useless to us before retirement but now it would be a game changer. As for safety, it would be stored and charged outside the garage under an awning. I am usually skeptical about EVs and understand that they wouldn't be practical for everyone but the price/utility of this one fits my needs perfectly.

RSKY

 

[EddieWalker]

I was telling my wife about this last night, and she got it right away. Now she wants one!!! Neither of us wanted to spend $55,000 or more on a Tesla. But something practical like this little truck would be perfect for errands in town, getting feed, or a quick trip to Lowes for small stuff.

We both have full sized vehicles that we need, but it would be nice to not have to put miles on them if we don't have to.

 

[jyoutz]

So true. And, for those of us who like to drive "cramped, underpowered little econoboxes", we have to try to figure out when the "cycle" is going to end, so we know when to buy our next new one.

I missed out on the last real Honda Civic (after they started making them gargantuan), so had to wait until 2007 to buy a subcompact two-door hatchback (Toyota Yaris). Now that I'm thinking of replacing that car, they have discontinued the Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris, so there are basically no more "cramped, underpowered little econoboxes" right now (especially ones with manual transmissions). Hopefully the cycle will continue and someone will start making an actual small, fun hatchback again, but I'm not holding my breath.

When the current one goes to the crusher, I'll probably be stuck with small SUV with an automatic transmission, just like everybody else....

Small econobox cars: VW golf, Chevy spark, Ford escape.

 

[Quaffer]

I placed a deposit on one. A whopping $50 for a slot reservation, fully refundable. Not sure I want one, but preserves the option.

If they keep anywhere close to what they are claiming for pricing it will cost less than a UTV I recently purchased. Of course, everything to do with price or delivery times is disclaimed numerous times.