The problem here is that unless you pull off the most insane kickstarter in history, these type s of developments cannot be funded by anyone else than billionaires and megacorps, with the exception of states, like Mexico’s pickup.
Designing a thing like this can probably be pulled off by a small team of engineers and designers, but the whole production, safety testing, distribution etc is just not doable.
Ford is coming out with an EV truck at pretty much the same price point as Slate. Idk who is going to buy a bozo mobile when they can get a Ford for the same price.
GM’s are repairable. The insane engineering decisions Ford has been making are negativity impacting the repairability of their vehicles and their quality issues are well documented.
Bezos-backed Slate Auto…that’s a offput.
The problem here is that unless you pull off the most insane kickstarter in history, these type s of developments cannot be funded by anyone else than billionaires and megacorps, with the exception of states, like Mexico’s pickup.
Designing a thing like this can probably be pulled off by a small team of engineers and designers, but the whole production, safety testing, distribution etc is just not doable.
Ford is coming out with an EV truck at pretty much the same price point as Slate. Idk who is going to buy a bozo mobile when they can get a Ford for the same price.
Ford is partially the reason we need a barebones EV because they apparently pushed legislation requiring more telemetry in vehicles.
fords are dogshit lmao, they only still exist because gm is somehow worse
GM’s are repairable. The insane engineering decisions Ford has been making are negativity impacting the repairability of their vehicles and their quality issues are well documented.
In fact, bad news:
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/fords-radical-fix-for-its-quality-crisis-ai-driven-daily-engine-teardowns/
Ford has 153 recalls in 2025 alone, and they’re going to use AI to fix it! Yay?
Hard to find a car company not backed by a capitalist shitbag.