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Mexico unveils the cargo version of its light truck that it will begin selling next year for about $10,000. The Mexican government has been leading project development. (www.electrive.com)

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

Before you ask for this in America, the answer is No. Now go outside and play.

[-] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Now go outside and play.

Did you mean, Now go inside and Work. Work harder.

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

US automakers: ban the import!

[-] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

It's communist!

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 days ago

Mexico knows how to do autos for most of their citizens, not just the upper-middle class like the rest of N. America.

[-] FatVegan@leminal.space 21 points 3 days ago

Tgey want own their cars and not lease a 98k dollar truck they can't afford so people think they can afford a 98k dollar truck

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

But if they purchase direct, how will the poor leasing company make any money?!

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Imagine living in a country where workers own their means of production, instead of renting in perpetuity from a bunch of industry landlords.

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[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago

Car centric society is just bad period.

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[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 36 points 3 days ago

I think this sort of project is a thing that all governments should adopt. These products set a baseline for affordability and performance, against which commercial competitors would have to compete against. This essentially creates a more ideal capitalism, without requiring direct pricing controls.

Also, the government providing baseline products is good for the important part of the economy: getting realworld stuff done. Cargo can't move itself, and we want people to minimize the amount of energy and time spent doing everything. By freeing up time and money, people can use these resources for raising family, forming bonds, and engaging in hobbies.

Nations should work towards ensuring that all their citizens can live their best lives.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

This has generally been my position forever. Have the state (goverments are just the rulers in place. The state is everybody) provide the baseline of all necesities at cost, but allow anybody to compete with these companies by having better prices or services.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Eating Ford's lunch seven ways from Sunday

[-] krigo666@lemmy.world 90 points 3 days ago

They should export, or licence to fabricate, to other continents.

[-] yakko@feddit.uk 120 points 3 days ago

Imagine how great if Mexico became an auto export giant by just making one reasonable normal EV

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 42 points 3 days ago

Honestly a lot of cars are already made in Mexico, just badged with an American logo

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[-] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 3 days ago

Looks like a Kei truck, love those things

[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago

Que truck

[-] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 3 days ago

Kei trucks are japan origin work trucks that are basically if you shrank a semi truck cab to be a pickup truck

You might spot a few for tasks like delivery to local grocery stores

Imo way more respectable than pickup trucks, those went from working trucks to manoverse fake masculinity

[-] banshee@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Kei trucks are so much fun - wish I had one! Sure they don't have enough power to pull a hat off your head, but they're a blast to drive around.

On a side note, it's pretty entertaining trying to drive one in full chem gear 😄

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago

There's a guy on Youtube who's designing an open source kei truck right now. He's planning on selling kits once the design work is done

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

You can't just say that and not stop a link, or a name

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago

probably this? I haven't watched it but it keeps coming up in my feed

https://youtu.be/tlZlyp55dww

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[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Italy had a similar thing going on after WW2, when the economy was in the shitter. Piaggio Ape is a light commercial truck that is actually a Vespa scooter with three wheels, cabin and a box or bed. Cheap and does its thing. They're in continuous production since 1948, also made in India. (A fun detail: 'vespa' means wasp, while 'ape' means 'bee'.)

There are/were various configurations, including curiously a firetruck model of the Ape Pentarò semi:

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[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Just gonna leave this here.

slate.auto

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just gonna leave this here.

Spirit.airlines

But yeah if you like getting nickel and dimed for standard features Slate looks great.

[-] rmrf@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Why would I pay 2.5x for a worse product?

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Jeff Bezos can suck a dick, but I'd love to be able to get one of these in Canada. Not a chance it would seem, and under the current rules, I won't even be able to import one.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

I didn't see how fast it can go. 74.5 miles(120km) and almost 1500lbs(650kg), this would handle most of my personal driving around if can do at least near 60mph(96.5km/h)

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The other version of this had a top speed of 50kph (~30mph).

[-] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

That's disappointing.

[-] Homescool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Campus cart

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeep. They're cute little townrunners, but you couldn't really use them in the US for more than that - and I think most places they'd even be required to have an SMV placard .