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I'd love to have them build a selection of customized trucks and then tell us what those will cost once you price in the accessories. The other thing is on the resale size the value of the add-ons is almost zero. If you get a higher trim level of any other car it's going to be worth more.

Going to be $30k for a completely blank Slate by the time it launches. No paint, no radio, no nothing except it's $30k. I'm out.

There's also a big difference between showing it at a trade show and showing at a public event where there's 5 people, they can't tell you what it'll cost, and it doesn't drive. Public events make a lot more sense when you have a working truck, price tag, and delivery date.

Seattle and head of software, that's the minimum they need to pay to find someone qualified.

They were probably surprised during the unveiling that people were asking so many technical questions and realized they need to be able to talk price. Being over a year out, not being able to give a price, and still working on the final design isn't a good recipe for success.

I agree. The goal right now is to get production off the ground, the sooner they can get truck going out the door the quicker they can start making money. They could even start by using a subcontractor and move it in house in the future if at 150k trucks a year it makes more sense.

What is anyone expecting to see if they fly a drone over or get access? It's just going to look like any other manufacturing facility.

Name a single bare bones EV.

It certainly helps incentivize companies to make these models, higher revenue up front. As to whether they're really needed to help them make profit, well it's capitalism baby. How much is Lucid paying per car they make, $300k?

Charging and driving an EV from a coal power plant emits far fewer emissions than a normal ICE engine. The energy generation is an order of magnitude more efficient than a small gas engine revving up and down as you drive. It’s just really tough for anyone to say they’re environmentally...

Plugging a car in at night is a whole lot easier than going to gas stations, doing oil changes, etc.

It’d be the same target demo that‘s buying a Moke or golf cart, just slightly different use case.

And that’s where I fully disagree. This only works as a fun secondary car. If you’re lower income and have a max budget of $25k for a primary car you’re buying a Civic over this 99/100 times. Even if EVs get more affordable they’re still luxury items due to all of the constraints.

What’s the use case where the average buyer needs 200+ miles of range? Maybe I’m looking at this as too much of a second car but I can’t see most people needing a ton of range.

Would be easy enough to use this and run a 3.5mm audio cable to the speakers. Would still need to turn on both the iPad and speaker though