I'm surprised "make our pickups and SUVs even bigger" wasn't suggested.
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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This child-murder truck is not child-murdery enough!
The company that can make an EV that gets you 100 miles range for $10,000 and can fit at least three people will become one of the dominant players.
My cargo e-bike could do that, assuming you can carry an extra battery and the passengers are kids. And for a lot less than $10K, too.
100 miles when it is -25 or colder. Otherwise there are too many variables. Most days 100 miles is more than most people drive however most people I know often have a day where they do that much.
The actual thing they need to do in order to compete is in-source parts manufacturing in order to take advantage of economies of scale... Like the Chinese EV manufacturers do.
Basically, toss out the Chicago school of economics thinking and go back to their roots as an all-things manufacturer. Ideally, they'd innovate as part of that by adopting new technologies like 3D printing to bring costs down and accelerate improvements.
I don't mean "3D printing for prototyping." They already do that. I mean, 3D print the final part. If it works for fucking rockets going into space, it can work for cars too. Especially electric vehicles which are much simpler to make.
Also when you pay pennies on the dollar for labor it cuts costs for EV.
If you think 3D printing is advantageous for economies of scale, I have a bridge to sell you.
Rockets are the complete opposite of mass manufacturing.
I'd settle for cheaper.
If they stopped adding features nobody asked for it would be a lot cheaper. Look at how Slate is doing.
They haven't delivered anything yet. They have pre-orders for now that will fill a year of production, but how much of that is people who buy anything new but won't buy again, vs sustainable people like this and so customers will keep coming.
Only time will tell.
Sure, they have simply demonstrated that there is demand.
Just like all the deposits on the cybertruck……oh wait.
There was lots of demand for Cybertruck… mostly from fanboys and bootlickers though.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable that an established EV maker got 10x the reservations than a brand new manufacturer did, even on a product clearly designed for edgelords.