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A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen

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1329 points kwindla | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.271s | source
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Invictus0 ◴[25 Apr 25 15:21 UTC] No.43794523[source]▶
If Slate succeeds, it would be the total inversion of Tesla's original masterplan strategy of starting with a supercar and then slowly working their way down the value chain. And what's really astonishing is that, not only is this the cheapest electric car in the country, it's one of the cheapest new cars in the country, period.

https://www.cars.com/articles/here-are-the-10-cheapest-new-c...

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1. _aavaa_ ◴[25 Apr 25 15:27 UTC] No.43794604[source]▶
Slate’s plan is only possible because they have the benefit of almost 2 decades of advancements (read incredible price drop) in batteries and EV related components.

Exact same car 2 decades ago would have cost a hell of a lot more. At which point the lack of bells and whistles would have been a huge problem.