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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: 0.222s | source
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leoapagano ◴[25 Apr 25 19:47 UTC] No.43797861[source]▶
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore this truck. But I feel the same way about this truck that I do about the Framework Laptop (having owned one)—cool idea, cool product, but will Slate be around in 5 years to keep making parts and offering support for it?
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1. sixdimensional ◴[25 Apr 25 20:48 UTC] No.43798376[source]▶
This is a fair concern, I imagine. If it is highly user serviceable, maybe that isn't a concern.

That said, I think you raise a bigger issue - I'd like to see MORE things like Framework, Fairphone or Slate - user serviceable, customizable - maybe low initial cost.

To me, this feels futuristic, exciting, optimistic and positive.. we need more like this, so how can we make these kinds of businesses more likely to succeed, resilient, etc?