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

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1336 points kwindla | 8 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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dogline ◴[25 Apr 25 15:14 UTC] No.43794427[source]▶
It's a $20k, street-legal, EV modding platform. Sounds like you can mount your own infotainment system. Just an electric motor, battery, and chassis, and the rest is up to you. Isn't this what we've been asking for?
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stefan_ ◴[25 Apr 25 15:34 UTC] No.43794693[source]▶
Is it? They show speakers mounted in the front as a "soundbar". Will people figure out there is a reason cars with good sound systems have them mounted all around the vehicle?
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1. hugs ◴[25 Apr 25 15:41 UTC] No.43794794[source]▶
on long car trips, it seems like everyone in the car (except, me, the driver) has headphones on. no one will miss the lack of rear speakers.
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2. euroderf ◴[25 Apr 25 16:52 UTC] No.43795893[source]▶
Sounds very twenty-first century. No shared music recognition, no sing-alongs.

If passengers want to DJ, you can get one of those little FM transmitter thingies that plugs into a phone/table headphone port.

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3. zanecodes ◴[25 Apr 25 17:21 UTC] No.43796225[source]▶
What phone still has a 3.5mm headphone jack? Sincere question, I'd like to buy one.
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4. WorldMaker ◴[25 Apr 25 17:26 UTC] No.43796303[source]▶
The interesting modern tools for passengers wanting to DJ are shared Spotify playlists and Apple SharePlay.

A lot of Bluetooth speakers today can fill a car with a sound wall better rear speakers used to. Apple says you just need two of their Bluetooth speakers to fill a room in a house with great stereo and reasonably good surround sound. The square footage of a car is generally smaller than the supported room size.

5. hugs ◴[25 Apr 25 18:28 UTC] No.43797016{3}[source]▶
Samsung Galaxy A Series (A15 / A15 5G, A14 / A14 5G, A25) all have headphone jacks. These are their "lower-end" models, though. The higher-end ones don't. And of course, iPhones haven't for a long time, too. Alternatively, for other phones with just a USB-C port, you could get a USB-C to headphone jack adapter.

edit to add: if Slate is successful, I wouldn't be surprised if a decently sized ecosystem pops up around easily installed custom sound systems and the tablets (possibly with headphone jacks!) to control them.

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6. avhon1 ◴[25 Apr 25 19:21 UTC] No.43797619{3}[source]▶
The 2025 Moto G Stylus has one!
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7. zanecodes ◴[26 Apr 25 16:54 UTC] No.43805211{4}[source]▶
Thank you! I'm not a huge Samsung fan, their Android flavor doesn't appeal to me much, but I'm glad that someone is still making phones with headphone jacks. USB-C adapters are mostly fine, but I like being able to charge and listen to music at the same time without a clunky adapter, it's yet another thing I'll lose.
8. zanecodes ◴[26 Apr 25 16:56 UTC] No.43805227{4}[source]▶
Good find, I currently have an aging Pixel 6a (with, regrettably, no headphone jack) but I like Motorola's hardware and their fairly vanilla Android. I may consider a Motorola device, if they provide updates for at least 5 years.