• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Whats not fine about the Slate is no awd version. On an EV it’s a minimal endeavor to make that work so there’s really no excuse

    AWD is only a thing in stupid vehicle designs where they put all the weight up front, and the drive wheels at the back.

    An EV truck has proper weight distribution, AWD would offer no advantage, just add weight and cost more.

    • Justifier@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      Awd/4x4 is an integral option for those of us who need it. Its not a gimmick, its not a nice to have. Its an it better have one or the other, or its not an option

      It’s the difference between getting up your drive in bad weather and parking at the end of a 3 mile long dirt road drive and walking home from there, in the dark at the end of a long day, through woodlands in which wild animals are not infrequent visitors, and presumably on top of all of that in markedly bad weather events

      A truck, and especially an EV that must be plugged in to charge so you can drive the +70 miles to the nearest town if needed after driving that far to get home doesn’t live up to its name or need if it doesn’t get you to home or from 999/1,000 times you needed it to