I could live with an Atlis type truck
Atlis trucks look interesting. Be kinda fun be done with $3 to $5 per 10 miles for fuel, 8 mpg range anxiety, lazy grade braking, oil changes, brake jobs, broken engines, having to argue about syn...
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Intriguing, but it is still coming with a hefty price tag. The 'starting' number of $45k, I would assume, would roughly equate to the entry level 1/2 ton at $30k. That's a 50% variance in cost. When you start talking about a $50k truck, you could easily be looking at $75k+ for an electric truck with similar capacities. If you figure a 10 year lifespan (don't know how realistic that is), you'd have to save $2,500+ per year just to at least one study suggests, costs some 40-50% of what you would have spend on gas).
All in all, conceptually interesting, but I don't think they present a viable cost savings to the average buyer in the near term. Those driven by environmental concerns, and those who want the cool new thing, will grab them in the next 3-5 years. For the rest of us, it still has a way to go before it's a practical purchase!
All in all, conceptually interesting, but I don't think they present a viable cost savings to the average buyer in the near term. Those driven by environmental concerns, and those who want the cool new thing, will grab them in the next 3-5 years. For the rest of us, it still has a way to go before it's a practical purchase!
