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Caleb James DeLisle

Caleb James DeLisle

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Would you buy an electric truck if it was:

* Crew cab, bench seats w/ arm rest
* Rear wheel drive, dually
* 8 foot STANDARD bed -> Wanna swap it for a service bed? 4 bolts.
* Power plugs on the side of the cab, 30 kilowatts of power available (10 arc welders?)
* Entire undercarriage is galvanized steel
* GPS + backup camera is a standard Garman unit
* Radio w/ bluetooth and cable
* Heat and AC
* Buttons and gauges
* Ash trays
* Full service and repair manual (an actual book)
* Blueprints / CNC code for every part is available
* NO DUMB TOUCHSCREENS
* NO WIRELESS UPDATES
* NO AI
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I'd buy any car that isn't an Orwellian spy device that sells my info to everyone in insurance and the government, electric or not. The problem is electric cars are the most egregious offenders of privacy these days, though the conventional gas cars are catching up.

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Caleb James DeLisle

Caleb James DeLisle

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The advantage of electric is that the complexity actually goes WAY down compared to gas, esp. with all of the emissions bullshit. Makes starting a car company actually *possible*.

Also battery price has snuck down to the point that it's really not a show-stopper anymore.

Lots of safety laws that make it much harder to sell a car - airbags, backup camera, all mandatory now.

Logic of publishing the blueprints is anyone can make parts, but if they're selling them they need to pay a 30% fee on their sale price to the company.

There is some particularly stupid shit like police immobilizers that's required. My answer would be modular design so owner can remove the dumb shit module if they want.

Possibly better to sell as a "glider kit" for upgrading an old vehicle, except basically nothing comes with the old vehicle except the VIN tag...

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