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

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1336 points kwindla | 3 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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aidenn0 ◴[25 Apr 25 16:56 UTC] No.43795946[source]▶
For anyone curious, if you made a similarly sized gas-powered pickup with an i4 engine, it would be penalized more than a full-sized pickup for being too fuel inefficient, despite likely getting much better mileage than an F-150 because, since 2011, bigger cars are held to a lesser standard by CAFE[1].

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy...

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zx10rse ◴[25 Apr 25 21:58 UTC] No.43798925[source]▶
Automotive industry is one of the biggest scams on planet earth. One of my favorite cases recently is how Suzuki Jimny is banned in Europe and US because of emission standards allegedly, so the little Jimny is emitting 146g/km but somehow there is no problem to buy a G-Class that is emitting 358g/km oh and surprise surprise Mercedes are going to release a smaller more affordable G-Class [1].

[1] - https://www.motortrend.com/news/2026-mercedes-benz-baby-g-wa...

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leephillips ◴[25 Apr 25 23:08 UTC] No.43799328[source]▶
The Jimny or similar Suzuki models would not be offered for sale in the U.S. because it’s basically the latest iteration of the Samuri, which died there after Consumer Reports falsely claimed that it was dangerously prone to rollover.
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kranner ◴[26 Apr 25 01:58 UTC] No.43800249{3}[source]▶
The Samuri, sold in India as the Gypsy and used extensively by Indian police, did rollover alarmingly often until the 1993 model when the track width was increased by 90mm.
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1. olyjohn ◴[26 Apr 25 05:35 UTC] No.43801193{4}[source]▶
Yeah but look at it. It's a tall vehicle. Of course it's more likely to roll over. It's tall so that it can go over things. It has a purpose. Don't drive it like a sports car and dont haul your family in it on the daily. People bought utility vehicles and used them as family haulers and then bitched when they rolled over. It's stupid. Drive a car.

It's like complaining that you bought a boat, but the water surrounding them is dangerous and you could drown in it. So we need to make it work on land so that you can take the kids to school in it without drowning.

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2. kranner ◴[26 Apr 25 06:36 UTC] No.43801419[source]▶
I think the idea may have been that these would help with bad Indian roads — even our potholes have potholes — but the police neglected to account for having to participate in the odd car chase now and then.
3. kube-system ◴[26 Apr 25 16:16 UTC] No.43804907[source]▶
After the mid 1980s, SUVs were consistently and explicitly marketed and sold to families as passengers vehicles.