burble comments on Slate will offer a high roof cargo version of its compact pickup

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 12 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I'm definitely curious about the range hit. Starting at 200 miles and raising the roof can't be great.

After seeing tons of ID Buzz cargo vans in use in Europe, though, I think it could still thrive as a fleet truck in cities.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago

EVs do very well with stop/start driving, opposite of ICE. So whatever effect of aero is likely balanced with lack of highway travel.

A small delivery truck is a huge gap in the NA market.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (8 children)

Load it full of gear and it drops to around 100, I'd bet. That's fine if you have a fleet of them, and you're delivering in a city. But, no one is making a usable campervan out one of these.

EDIT: I was imagining taking one into backcountry, not driving to a commercial "campsite" and plugging in. If all you plan to do is drive between parking lots, then yeah, it would work.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 weeks ago

For short trips, the higher load will also regen more energy.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 weeks ago

depends on if the campervan is also your house.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

Especially since the bed is 5 feet long.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

You could attach a tent to extend the back. The whole point of this design is the CAD files are open for anyone to make third party addons. Slate encourages this.