A $20k electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto
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I would buy one, were it not for 2 major problems:
Slate Auto, the reportedly Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup- yeah... I'm not giving my money to fucking Bezos.Exactly my two issues.
I was so excited for a split second. I'm tired of every damn EV starting over $50k because they have to cram in every stupid feature dreamed up in the marketing department, but Bezos? Fuck that guy.
The one EV I would have bought is the Kalashnikov CV-1. The fact that it was just a concept car, and from Russia, were a bit of a problem. But as square wild-looking electric cars go, I would have sprung for that one.
For sure. That looks like it could have been a lot of fun!
Omg that thing looks gorgeous, it's a shame the company is owned by bezos
Honestly electric windows are just one more thing to break in my opinion.
Weird