There is! It should be able to use the Tesla supercharger network, and it looks like there is one on US 160 at Kayenta.
However, it does not charge fast. They say 30 minutes from 20-80%. Assuming that applies to the small battery, then estimate a 30 minute stop for every 90 miles of driving. Probably manageable on the rare day you need to drive 200 miles (one long charging stop, get home near empty), but that would be pretty painful for a road trip.
So, as mentioned in every thread about EVs, this cannot possibly be all things to all owners in all use cases. I can see this being a fantastic light duty work truck, second car, or daily commuter and weekend hauler. It will not pull your horse trailer, take you 600 miles without a break, or go rock crawling.
Well, my first vehicle was a '65 Ford pickup with no radio. Someone had installed a “oh shit” grab handle in the dash. I just hung a radio off of that with a piece of wire. My fourth or fifth car was a '69 Cougar that had been relieved of its radio. I just sat a boom box in between the front seats. Radios are cheap!
Which leads me to question, how do those plastic body panels hold up when someone scrapes the side of your truck in a parking lot? Will they scratch? Will there be a gouge where a metal body panel could be fixed?
They claim to be a dent resistant composite, so yeah, @scabpicker , probably like the Saturn.
My hope, from looking at it, is that if there is a gouge or crack you unbolt the old panel and bolt a new one into place. If the panels are in the $250 range (who knows?) then that would make minor body repairs incredibly cheap.
If you flip through the photos at Motor Trend (it won’t let me embed the pictures) the one showing the charge port is the best closeup of the bolt holding the panels in place, and there is a pictures of panels off the truck showing wrap colors.
No need to paint match, and if removal is easy enough certain people with no understanding of right and wrong might just swap their damaged panel with a fresh one from an unattended vehicle.
If the Slate was available it might make a difference to me, but since it’s not and I need utility vehicle now I’m probably buying a Maverick in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for the link, very informative and a lot of clever stuff in it, but starting at over $40K, probably closer to $50K? Yeah, I can’t park in front of my favorite SF restaurant either, but I think walking a couple of blocks is better for me than paying twice as much for my vehicle. And it still won’t make an SUV.
We need a light truck like the old Ford Rangers but this would sell better as an EV hybrid. Do away with the transmission interface and use a 50 hp generator as the ICE engine for long distance traveling.
But then you need some radio interface in the car to plug that USB into. Sansa stopped making their MP3 players at least a year ago; does anyone else even sell new MP3 players anymore?
Are they new from a manufacturer/retailer or are they a third-party reseller selling NOS (new old stock) that they’ve been sitting on for some time?
I’m not looking for a pickup
I’m not looking for a vehicle with such limited internal storage. Try going away for even a weekend with some rain in the forecast; you’re not going to want your overnight bag in the bed. Nope, they’re going to be on the seat, jammed between the two of you. I’ve been there & done that & will only do that for a small convertible which is at least fun to drive.
I’m not looking for a vehicle with such extremely limited range.
Given this is the only (proposed) vehicle that doesn’t have a radio it’s not a concern for whatever new vehicle I may look at at some point.
