▲ 112 ▼ 'We Will Not Survive': Toyota Boss Wants Japanese Automakers To Team Up To Beat Chinese EVs (insideevs.com) submitted 2 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca [M] to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments Toyota boss has a radical solution to catch up to Chinese automakers, which are eating its lunch worldwide. Will it work?
[+] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 0 points 2 months ago* (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Tell that to Slate Auto. They’re launching a bare-bones pickup for under $25000. Pretty much everything right down to the car radio is an optional accessory. And they have stated that they will happily provide the templates for things like the radio & speaker mounts so individuals and third parties could 3D print their own mounting adapters if they want to customize their truck after they buy it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Yeah, but for 25K, before taxes, you get crank windows, <300km of real range, potential safety hazards because now everything can be dismantled and screws are exposed everywhere, the worst electric motor efficiency, etc etc. Slate is DOA, and I bet they don’t improve any of the huge pain points until 5 years in, or they just straight up go under. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Tell that to Slate Auto. They’re launching a bare-bones pickup for under $25000. Pretty much everything right down to the car radio is an optional accessory. And they have stated that they will happily provide the templates for things like the radio & speaker mounts so individuals and third parties could 3D print their own mounting adapters if they want to customize their truck after they buy it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Yeah, but for 25K, before taxes, you get crank windows, <300km of real range, potential safety hazards because now everything can be dismantled and screws are exposed everywhere, the worst electric motor efficiency, etc etc. Slate is DOA, and I bet they don’t improve any of the huge pain points until 5 years in, or they just straight up go under. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) Yeah, but for 25K, before taxes, you get crank windows, <300km of real range, potential safety hazards because now everything can be dismantled and screws are exposed everywhere, the worst electric motor efficiency, etc etc. Slate is DOA, and I bet they don’t improve any of the huge pain points until 5 years in, or they just straight up go under. permalink fedilink source parent