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I Saw The Affordable Slate Truck In Person. Now I’m Worried (insideevs.com)

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well I was trying to be succinct but I don't actually hate pickups, I just:

Don't have a personal need for one, and thus don't want one
90% of people that own them just use them to commute back and forth to an office and don't need them either
They've made our streets into an arms race of size and weight which contribute to major safety issues as well as all the other issues that come with excessive oil consumption like environmental issues, dependency on foreign countries, war, etc.
EVs seem to be exclusively trucks and SUVs in the US, which is incredibly annoying because that drives up the prices and even further reduces available choices for sensible people.

If you're a fuckin farmer, construction worker, lumberjack, etc., by all means buy them and use them as originally intended. I have a friend that uses his F150 Lightning to tow giant boats every single day. I have another friend that doesn't use his Lightning for literally anything he couldn't do with a sedan.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

EVs seem to be exclusively trucks and SUVs in the US, which is incredibly annoying because that drives up the prices

Lol! I've been cursing the exact opposite for the last couple of years! Seemed like all anyone wanted to sell were high priced, luxury EV sedans. It wasn't till recently that I started to see EV and hybrid pickups.

90% of people that own them just use them to commute back and forth to an office and don’t need them either

No kidding. Around where I'm at, we call them beauty queen pickups. And are usually poking fun at their owners.

They’ve made our streets into an arms race of size and weight which contribute to major safety issues as well as all the other issues that come with excessive oil consumption like environmental issues, dependency on foreign countries, war, etc.

That was actually a result of the CAFE standards. Basically killed the light truck market over night. I remember back in 2007ish when the standards were changed and the new models started showing up on the streets, going "Fuck, that's huge!". Actually confused them at first for medium duty pickups (Think F250 or F350). Before then, the most common vehicles around me were, if I remember correctly, the F150 in work trim (which was about half the size it is now), the Ford Ranger (usually the 2 door extended cab vesion), and Honda Civics. Time may be playing tricks on me as to what was common at the time, but all of them were smaller.