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Finally A Right-to-Repair Small Affordable Electric Utility Vehicle (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The best daily transportation isn't a car/truck at all, but there is still some need for freight/hauling to be done.

I'm posting because this truck feels like the opposite of modern trucks. I mean the CyberTruck (literally the icon of Cyberpunk dystopia) and other trucks like Rivian are:

extremely anti-right to repair
brag about their 0-60 (instead of practicality/efficiency)
a privacy nightmare
massive in size
have high prices across the board
are absolutely crammed with manadory luxury features like air conditioned seats or motorized trunks

This truck, with manual roll-up windows, seems to be about getting work done. Its not trying to be the biggest baddest fastest most-techo-advanced thing money can buy.

I bet, in less than 1 year, hobbyists will have solar panel array mounted on the back of these.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I emailed them and they confirmed there's no data tracking on it

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly a utility vehicle that isn't a surveillance box is like all I want from an electric vehicle

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wish there was a 4wd version then it'd be perfect (for me)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

In the video they mention this as a likely future option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My thought is, they're just starting. It is incredibly hard to start a vehicle manufacturing company. Hopefully if they get enough traction (🥁🐍) they'll expand to vans, roadsters, and 4wd models.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Damn, that's a pretty major pro/incentive, and makes it stand out not only in the EV world, but the entire new car market.

Here's hoping the Aptera follows suit (unfortunately there is no way to contact them to ask such a question, as according to their contact page, they will only respond to media inquiries, and won't answer any questions related to the vehicle).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hell yeah, thank you for doing that.