←back to thread

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

(www.theverge.com)
1329 points kwindla | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
Show context
thederf ◴[25 Apr 25 19:30 UTC] No.43797696[source]▶
I'm quite excited about this. Ticks all my boxes for "low" tech, simple, moddable, useful, and cheap. I'm hoping my aging Pontiac Vibe holds out long enough to upgrade to one of these, if they succeed. I put in a preregistration!
replies(3): >>43797846 #>>43797875 #>>43797917 #
doctorpangloss ◴[25 Apr 25 19:49 UTC] No.43797875[source]▶
The problem is, the kind of person who cares about those things, as valid as they are, buys 0-1 cars per 20 years, and the market is driven (ha ha) by people who buy 2-3 cars every 2 years.
replies(2): >>43797913 #>>43798422 #
1. stantaylor ◴[25 Apr 25 19:54 UTC] No.43797913[source]▶
Very true. This truck appeals to me very much. My wife and I have a 2010 Accord and a 2014 CR-V. We could afford newer and/or fancier cars, but we just don't care about those things.

We're thinking of buying a newer car at some point, but between interest rates and, now, tariffs, we're not in any hurry.