That's fair. I much prefer a small vehicle with a short overhang for visibility and convenience.
In fact what I'd really like to see is a Telo truck with the modularity of the Slate. They're already planning AWD, but the SUV/hatchback option isn't as complete as Slate's. Hopefully their second gen nails everything and gets the price down. It seems like it will be difficult for them to compete with the much more heavily capitalized options.
Slate has a size comparison widget on their website. You can show it with the silhouette of a current full size pickup and a circa 1985 small pickup. It's almost exactly the same size as that generation.
That's my driving pattern too. Probably averaging <5mi since I don't drive most days, but yeah, 30 is as far as I'm likely to go when not on a trip.
You might also want to check out the Telo truck. It's a little more biased toward passenger space. It has 4 doors and a bed in the footprint of a Mini.
I wish the Telo was a bit more modular like the Slate design, with easily replaceable parts. And currently their rear glass is structural, so you can only remove the lower part of that rear partition when you put a shell over the bed, making it less like a normal SUV. I am also a bit more nervous about their viability/capitalization. Will they be around for a decade or more? Hope so, but not sure.
In what way? It's lighter than the average US vehicle. And the height of the grill/hood is much lower than a typical full size pickup truck. It's only a couple of inches higher in front than a circa 1985 compact pickup.
I think it has a substantial look to it that can make it seem larger than it is. I walked around a prototype and it definitely felt closer to my VW Golf in size than to a big modern pickup or SUV.
That's about how I feel too. Worth considering. My hesitation was reinforced, perhaps unfairly, at a prototype/mockup event. It wasn't very long ago, and prototype had a little too much slap-together feel. I know it was just a prototype, but I was hoping for something that looked a little closer to 'ready for production' if not exactly 'finished'.
New factory, new build methodology, new employees. I'm going to need about a year of consumer feedback, personally. But I'm glad there are more intrepid souls ready to buy now.
The modular approach is very appealing to me, even though I have little use for a pickup truck. For example, I read that the SUV configuration moves the back glass to the end of the SUV shell when you install it. That makes the SUV top lighter and cheaper.
I thought the same. Basic arithmetic gets 500 word padding.
Plus, no mention of hybrid sleep on desktops writing RAM to the SSD on every sleep. Certain usage patterns could make that a larger problem if the PC sleeps multiple times per day. But still, nothing new.
Same. Too stressful. It felt like I was back working in a kitchen again, but without the payoff of actually cooking anything or finishing a shift.
Enter the aftermarket replacement panel bolts with security heads. Now they can only mangle the panels while trying to remove them!
Seriously!
That's fair. I much prefer a small vehicle with a short overhang for visibility and convenience.
In fact what I'd really like to see is a Telo truck with the modularity of the Slate. They're already planning AWD, but the SUV/hatchback option isn't as complete as Slate's. Hopefully their second gen nails everything and gets the price down. It seems like it will be difficult for them to compete with the much more heavily capitalized options.
Slate has a size comparison widget on their website. You can show it with the silhouette of a current full size pickup and a circa 1985 small pickup. It's almost exactly the same size as that generation.
Yeah, leaving the destination charge unknown for this announcement leaves a lot of uncertainty.
Milk steak, boiled over hard, hold the milk please.
Very interesting indeed.
Nice. Did they have options to select at this point, or just the base truck?
That's my driving pattern too. Probably averaging <5mi since I don't drive most days, but yeah, 30 is as far as I'm likely to go when not on a trip.
You might also want to check out the Telo truck. It's a little more biased toward passenger space. It has 4 doors and a bed in the footprint of a Mini.
I wish the Telo was a bit more modular like the Slate design, with easily replaceable parts. And currently their rear glass is structural, so you can only remove the lower part of that rear partition when you put a shell over the bed, making it less like a normal SUV. I am also a bit more nervous about their viability/capitalization. Will they be around for a decade or more? Hope so, but not sure.
I remember watching that Mythbusters episode and being convinced. But it still doesn't fit neatly into my intuition of the thing.
In what way? It's lighter than the average US vehicle. And the height of the grill/hood is much lower than a typical full size pickup truck. It's only a couple of inches higher in front than a circa 1985 compact pickup.
I think it has a substantial look to it that can make it seem larger than it is. I walked around a prototype and it definitely felt closer to my VW Golf in size than to a big modern pickup or SUV.
That's about how I feel too. Worth considering. My hesitation was reinforced, perhaps unfairly, at a prototype/mockup event. It wasn't very long ago, and prototype had a little too much slap-together feel. I know it was just a prototype, but I was hoping for something that looked a little closer to 'ready for production' if not exactly 'finished'.
New factory, new build methodology, new employees. I'm going to need about a year of consumer feedback, personally. But I'm glad there are more intrepid souls ready to buy now.
The modular approach is very appealing to me, even though I have little use for a pickup truck. For example, I read that the SUV configuration moves the back glass to the end of the SUV shell when you install it. That makes the SUV top lighter and cheaper.
97/100
I had a vague sense of one I got wrong and second guessed, picking the opposite. Two of the 97 were 50:50 guesses.
Oh, and it estimated 81,250 words.
I thought the same. Basic arithmetic gets 500 word padding.
Plus, no mention of hybrid sleep on desktops writing RAM to the SSD on every sleep. Certain usage patterns could make that a larger problem if the PC sleeps multiple times per day. But still, nothing new.
Yep. There are 95 counties and 38 independent cities (the blobs).
New look.
Top shirt button: buttoned.
Top pants button: unbuttoned.
It's like a popped collar, but lower.
Some of the downtown is a bit uncomfortable in places, but holy cow the people are nice. It's the midwesternest part of NY.
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Armenia and Türkiye