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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] 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.