Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by skhayfa@lemmy.world to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] Wooster@startrek.website 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Instead of steel or aluminum, the Slate Truck’s body panels are molded of plastic.

Uhhh…

I was interested until I read that.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Umm... That means cheap body repairs and no worries about rust.

[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No worries about body panel rust. The frame would likely still be metal.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can heat it with a heatgun and bend it back into shape.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

I suppose you can also just superglue the peices back when it shatters when you back into something in winter...

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

...so the same as every other car for the last several decades?