Comment on Slate, a no-nonsense EV pickup for $20k

scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It can fit a sheet of plywood.

  theverge.com/…/slate-electric-truck-price-paint-r…

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Look closer and read the dimensions. The Verge say “it can hold a sheet of plywood” in text but if you look at the dimensions, there isn’t 48” of space between the wheel wells, so it has to be propped up on them seesawing back and forth. And there is not 96” of length to support it, even with the tailgate down. At best you could limp home with one sheet rocking around, sticking out behind you. Forget transporting a stack.

    It’s yet another urban toy truck that’s not equipped for actual utility.

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    • paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      not equipped for actual utility

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      Doesn’t that guy know?! He’s not getting any actual utility from this truck! 😱

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      • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I might be impressed by a truck that could haul a cooler, an empty plastic barrel, and a crate at once. But the lack of any tie-downs for those straps makes my point well for me. Thanks.

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    • KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s it right here boys and girls. The only defining factor for utility: Can it fit a sheet of plywood. God help you if you just prop it up - you gotta limp it home if you do that! Needs to sit flat in the bed!

      Everything else is a fucking toy.

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      • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Exactly. Thank you.

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You could maybe interest me in a compact pickup truck that has a bed designed to hold plywood flat on a sort of shelf around the perimeter at the height of the top of the wheel wells, maybe with some kind of support that can span the space between the wheel wells, leaving space beneath for studs. But with a 5 foot bed…yeah remember the Geo Tracker?

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    • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Ahh, I see. That is a shame. The Verge should have pointed that out

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, that’s disappointing, and the maximum payload/tow capacity significantly under a ton is also a bummer. I may still need to rent a truck if I get this, but it could handle a lot of my local hauling needs.

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