skhayfa@lemmy.world to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 3 days agoSlate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreenwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down113cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgthevergenews@sh.itjust.workshackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sehailcorporate@infosec.pub
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkSlate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreenwww.theverge.comskhayfa@lemmy.world to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 3 days agomessage-square44linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgthevergenews@sh.itjust.workshackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sehailcorporate@infosec.pub
minus-squareWooster@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·2 days ago Instead of steel or aluminum, the Slate Truck’s body panels are molded of plastic. Uhhh… I was interested until I read that.
minus-squareAphelion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 days agoUmm… That means cheap body repairs and no worries about rust.
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoNo worries about body panel rust. The frame would likely still be metal.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoCustom injected plastic is cheap to replace? And aluminum doesnt rust… unless your driving around in acid. But honestly as long the bed is made from metal, i wouldnt care if the sides are whatever.
minus-squareAphelion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoYou can heat it with a heatgun and bend it back into shape.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI suppose you can also just superglue the peices back when it shatters when you back into something in winter…
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days ago…so the same as every other car for the last several decades?
Uhhh…
I was interested until I read that.
Umm… That means cheap body repairs and no worries about rust.
No worries about body panel rust. The frame would likely still be metal.
Custom injected plastic is cheap to replace? And aluminum doesnt rust… unless your driving around in acid. But honestly as long the bed is made from metal, i wouldnt care if the sides are whatever.
You can heat it with a heatgun and bend it back into shape.
I suppose you can also just superglue the peices back when it shatters when you back into something in winter…
…so the same as every other car for the last several decades?