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Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Instead of steel or aluminum, the Slate Truck’s body panels are molded of plastic.

Uhhh…

I was interested until I read that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Umm... That means cheap body repairs and no worries about rust.

[–] piccolo 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Custom injected plastic is cheap to replace? And aluminum doesnt rust... unless your driving around in acid. But honestly as long the bed is made from metal, i wouldnt care if the sides are whatever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can heat it with a heatgun and bend it back into shape.

[–] piccolo 4 points 1 week ago

I suppose you can also just superglue the peices back when it shatters when you back into something in winter...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No worries about body panel rust. The frame would likely still be metal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

...so the same as every other car for the last several decades?