The problem here is that unless you pull off the most insane kickstarter in history, these type s of developments cannot be funded by anyone else than billionaires and megacorps, with the exception of states, like Mexico’s pickup.
Designing a thing like this can probably be pulled off by a small team of engineers and designers, but the whole production, safety testing, distribution etc is just not doable.
Ford is coming out with an EV truck at pretty much the same price point as Slate. Idk who is going to buy a bozo mobile when they can get a Ford for the same price.
GM’s are repairable. The insane engineering decisions Ford has been making are negativity impacting the repairability of their vehicles and their quality issues are well documented.
I’ve probably owned more imports than domestics, they’ve all got their quirks. My 89 GMC had manual windows and an ice cold AC and to this day remains the vehicle that gave me the least trouble out of all of them throughout the years because it was so easy to work on. I regret selling it sometimes.
Plastic oil pans aren’t that bad as long as you have a proper undertray. Had one in my C-class when I still had money to drive a nice car. It’s just weight savings because of emissions regulations.
I’m much less fond of plastic valve covers in most modern engines, those tend to start leaking much faster, I’ve got a car with only 415k km that already has a leak from the plastic valve cover. Not an issue I’ve had with metal ones usually.
Ford has telemetry spying and insurance data selling. I’m not buying any new car with all that garbage. They also patented self driving features that will immobilize your car or drive it back to the dealer if you miss payments. Screw ford.
Thanks to GrapheneOS I don’t have to deal with that ever, and I’m Canadian where phones are sold unlocked from carrier, locked ones have to be unlocked from carrier within 2 days of ownership
Bezos-backed Slate Auto…that’s a offput.
Hard to find a car company not backed by a capitalist shitbag.
The problem here is that unless you pull off the most insane kickstarter in history, these type s of developments cannot be funded by anyone else than billionaires and megacorps, with the exception of states, like Mexico’s pickup.
Designing a thing like this can probably be pulled off by a small team of engineers and designers, but the whole production, safety testing, distribution etc is just not doable.
Ford is coming out with an EV truck at pretty much the same price point as Slate. Idk who is going to buy a bozo mobile when they can get a Ford for the same price.
Ford is partially the reason we need a barebones EV because they apparently pushed legislation requiring more telemetry in vehicles.
fords are dogshit lmao, they only still exist because gm is somehow worse
GM’s are repairable. The insane engineering decisions Ford has been making are negativity impacting the repairability of their vehicles and their quality issues are well documented.
In fact, bad news:
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/fords-radical-fix-for-its-quality-crisis-ai-driven-daily-engine-teardowns/
Ford has 153 recalls in 2025 alone, and they’re going to use AI to fix it! Yay?
They’re both dogshit bro just buy an asian car, you’ll realize owning a car doesn’t have to be so crazy difficult.
I’ve probably owned more imports than domestics, they’ve all got their quirks. My 89 GMC had manual windows and an ice cold AC and to this day remains the vehicle that gave me the least trouble out of all of them throughout the years because it was so easy to work on. I regret selling it sometimes.
GM is having to recall over a million trucks for new motors, and already the replacement motors are breaking.
Ford’s 2025 recalls affected 13 million vehicles. One year.
Ford, GM make shit. But people like to buy shit, apparently.
Ford makes reliable trucks now? Didn’t they invent plastic oil pans and EcoBoom motors?
Plastic oil pans aren’t that bad as long as you have a proper undertray. Had one in my C-class when I still had money to drive a nice car. It’s just weight savings because of emissions regulations.
I’m much less fond of plastic valve covers in most modern engines, those tend to start leaking much faster, I’ve got a car with only 415k km that already has a leak from the plastic valve cover. Not an issue I’ve had with metal ones usually.
Plastics in engine bays are not a great idea. Plastic functional parts in an ICE are a shit idea.
Ford has telemetry spying and insurance data selling. I’m not buying any new car with all that garbage. They also patented self driving features that will immobilize your car or drive it back to the dealer if you miss payments. Screw ford.
As an aside, Android has similar to the latter now via DeviceLockController.
Thanks to GrapheneOS I don’t have to deal with that ever, and I’m Canadian where phones are sold unlocked from carrier, locked ones have to be unlocked from carrier within 2 days of ownership
Yeah but then you’d have a Ford. You’ll still need a truck though
Yeah I was looking into getting the truck until I found that out…
Well that’s the deciding factor. Not for me. Edit: Someone said bezoz is not the major funder.
All electric car companies are funded by billionaires.
Take solace in the fact that they lose money in the beginning.