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A Rivian Fender Bender Cost $42,000. Its CEO Says That Should Never Happen (www.thedrive.com)

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[–] pageflight@piefed.social 11 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Slate' service partner blurb at least has some sound bites related to ease of repair. But aren't they also a 'our car only has 3 parts' company?

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (14 children)

Slate is the car for me.

No radio. No screens. A gas pedal, brakes, steering wheel, and manual windows.

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[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 13 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Is it still a gas pedal when the truck is electric :P

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 16 points 3 months ago (5 children)

technically, it's an accelerator, but I've taken to calling it the "go pedal"

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[–] toynbee@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago

According to an old video by Doug Demuro, an early Volkswagen EV had the "play" and "stop" buttons on the accelerator and brake pedals, respectively.

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"Go pedal" was Tesla's thing, it was part of their branding.

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, fuck; now it's ruined...

How about "Vroom" and "Skrrch"?

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

Fast Footy?

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[–] Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Nyoom step.

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[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Yea, just like the save icon is still a floppy disk.

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[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

What do you mean? I save all my files to floppy.

(I actually have a floppy drive yjat I sometimes use to remember yo sounds)

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I refuse to call it a "go pedal" like Tesla tried to create, lol. I guess it's like "footage" for film, or "rewind."

Maybe we can call it an accelerator?

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[–] butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I want to be hype for it so bad, but I can't get behind buying a Bezosmobile. I really wish somebody else was behind it.

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

He was an early investor, it is not his idea. He is not the majority owner.

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[–] butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 months ago

Oh really? Damn, then I've been misinformed. I'll have to take another look.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

But the other majority owners are all invested in Amazon. It's all within the Amazon family.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago

The plastic body panels on a Slate are easily replaced by owners.

But until Slate actually builds and sells vehicles, they are in the same vaporware pile as all the other promising EV companies that went broke or never deliver [cough] Aptera [cough].

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