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

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1336 points kwindla | 4 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.743s | source
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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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1. gaws ◴[25 Apr 25 17:36 UTC] No.43796428[source]▶
> It's a $20k, street-legal, EV modding platform.

And it'll always be sold out.

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2. 542354234235 ◴[25 Apr 25 17:42 UTC] No.43796494[source]▶
I'm sure you can get on the waiting list (for a lead time of 3-40 years) or buy it from a reseller for $70k. Problem solved.
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3. gaws ◴[25 Apr 25 18:19 UTC] No.43796914[source]▶
> buy it from a reseller for $70k.

Now there's the real price.

4. torginus ◴[26 Apr 25 11:57 UTC] No.43802809[source]▶
This is an $27k car, with $7.5k rebate, so much for the unfairly competing Chinese. The MG4 is £22500 in the UK before tax, which is about $30k in USD, and that's a full-featured 5 door car, with double the range.

I do applaud the philosphy of cheap and barebones, and easily moddable, but my two cents is that trim is not the thing that's making cars expensive to make.