• Voytrekk@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    There is one, Slate. They are offering a small electric truck that lets you fully customize it. There is also no tracking built in at all, which no other manufacturer can say right now.

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            1 day ago

            Odds are he’s invested in most companies. I’m sure some portion of his wealth is in a manger fund that spreads it out across the market. If you want to avoid everything he touches, you basically have to leave the economy.

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              Yes. Leaving the economy is the point. This is the only way to stop feeding the beast at the individual level. Pay off any debts and don’t participate as much as possible. No person needs to shop at Amazon or anywhere else controled by private equity and billionaires. Support you local farmers and businesses. Buy used when possible.

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                23 hours ago

                Ok, sure. You can’t exit the economy though, as much as one might want to.

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                    11 hours ago

                    You should try. Telling people to do things that are futile isn’t how you get them to do things though. Actionable direction is. People can boycott some things. They aren’t going to boycott everything. Telling them to just ensures they do nothing.

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      2 days ago

      The Australian electric Cupra’s (VW subsidiary ) have no connected services, it’s the biggest grievances owners have.

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      2 days ago

      Truck seems the least efficient form for a electric vehicle, who’s this car for, the kind of losers who’d want a truck purely for the aesthetics think electric vehicles are gay

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        1 day ago

        I agree, trucks aren’t the ideal form, for me or most drivers. However, they are the form that is probably the most versatile. A van, even a minivan, can carry just about as much cargo (with the advantage of being internal), but a truck can even extend beyond its bed. It’s also the most sold vehicle type. If you’re only going to make one vehicle, a truck is probably the ideal one. I hope they make others, but they’re likely trying to keep costs down until they have some product out.