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

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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] 38 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

"Bezos backed"

That's going to be a big 'ol nope from me...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

(1) Only minor involvement from what I can see.

(2) A broken clock is right twice a day. So long as the car doesn't require a Facebook account, I'm happy.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

So long as the car doesn't require a Facebook account, I'm happy.

That's a pretty good summary of my criteria for my next car purchase...

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