Take a car with an internal combustion engine and replace everything that is needed for an electric car. Now you have a no-nonsense car.

Instead, we have a rolling data center that feels like a smartphone.

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    Yeah I hope they succeed: we really need something like that.

    I understand why they’re building a truck but I really wish they hadn’t. With that low range and the suv/fastback kits being extra cost, it’s not as compelling to me as it should be

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        I know what you mean but it’s hard to believe.

        However it’s easier to believe

        1. A huge part of the us want a truck, even if they’d be better served by other vehicle types
        2. When the goal is being modular, you can turn a truck into an suv, but not vice versa
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          Yeah I want an EV version the Bronco boom of the 70s. We got the Blazer and Scout too.

          Or the Matra Rancho if you’re from France.

          Hopefully a hot hatch revival can follow once the public gets a taste for simple cheaper EVs.

          Probably the auto market has to fully collapse first though. And China is going to pick up tie pieces.