• justaman123@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Ugh yeah, I’m an Uber driver and it being a cheap EV that also qualifies for comfort rides would really make my life better but I just can’t support the Nazi. I’m kinda jazzed about the slate truck, but I’m sure it’s bad for leftists someway somehow. Living under the thumb of capitalism is tough

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      Hey, wanna say 🤝 for being principled even when money is on the line, unlike some other responses in this thread.

      And I agree that the Slate looks cool af. 👍

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      1 day ago

      Does a Hyundai qualify? I just got one of the Ioniq cars for a great deal and in my opinion, beats Tesla in every category.

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      slate truck, but I’m sure it’s bad for leftists someway somehow

      I’m not familiar with it. But what’s its front-on visibility like? How many children can sit in a line in front of it before you can see them? How tall would someone have to be before a crash results in someone being knocked over the car, rather than being run over? (The former being generally much safer.) The problem with many of these types of vehicles that Americans call “trucks” is that their insanely tall bonnets make them insanely dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists—especially children.

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        16 hours ago

        It seems like it’s slightly lower profile than a Ford Maverick and doesn’t seem to employee the sloped hood shape that’s better when it’s between the 30in-40in range. Which it doesn’t appear to be in. I’m kind of leaning towards the ionique? Ionic? The Hyundai. The other issue I’m working with is that I have a tall frame and sitting in a sedan all day is pretty uncomfortable which makes driving longer hours intolerable. Knock on wood I haven’t hit any pedestrians but I do do a lot of driving and it’s entirely possible that’s because of driving a sedan where I can see. It is a worthwhile consideration. But it would be nice. So many considerations

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          slightly lower profile than a Ford Maverick

          Just looking at the Maverick online, it seems a fairly obscenely tall bonnet in the 2022 models, but older models are much more reasonable.

          ionique? Ionic

          I think it’s spelt Ioniq. They’re a brand I quite like, and looking at their recent lineup (I think the last time I looked at them was like 2021), the Ioniq 3, 5, and 7 all seem really good. The 9 stretches things a bit, but is still a hell of a lot better than the Maverick 2022.

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        16 hours ago

        You should do just the most basic research to understand how prejudgemental you are being. 👍

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          16 hours ago

          I’m not being prejudgmental, I’m asking a question, and explaining the reason the question is relevant.

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      23 hours ago

      This looks great, but it seems it’s part owned by bezos? No thanks.