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

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They're offering solar panels right off the bat.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Best as a supplementary power source for charging your phone on a trip. If it gives you enough range to go to the grocery store and back on a sunny day, that would be a lot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

It's enough for some :)