Truck
Americans love a big ole, gas-hungry truck.The full-size Ford F-150 has been America’s bestselling vehicle for more than 40 years. Its closest rivals, the Chevrolet Silverado and Ram 1500, are also top-sellers in the US — and equally gargantuan.Those trucks are running headfirst into the core issue facing American consumers:…
The Slate truck doesn’t have a typical key.Unlike today’s cars — which pack proximity sensors inside a little plastic box that runs tech that allows drivers to start the engine via a push-start button — the Slate has a simple solution.Drivers put a square key into a square slot. The…
Ford hit reset on its money-losing EV program. Now, the first product of that overhaul is coming into view.The Detroit automaker says the midsize electric pickup will reach customers in 2027, with a target starting price of about $30,000.There’s still plenty Ford hasn’t yet revealed about the vehicle. We don’t…
Kirk McKinney was riding bikes near his Massachusetts home about six years ago when he came across a goldmine: A dump filled with plenty of junk, sure, but also speakers and electronics.”Someone had thrown away this perfectly good pair of speakers,” he told Business Insider. “I asked the guy at…
Slate EV trucksSlateThis post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider’s daily newsletter here.Tiny truck takeoverOne story had our newsroom buzzing this past week: the surprisingly low price for the tiny electric truck backed by Jeff Bezos.Slate Auto revealed its base-model, two-seater would cost…
On a blustery December day, nine large white cardboard boxes sat stacked next to a garbage can in the driveway of a New Jersey nurse as a man packed them into the bed of a pickup truck.Other than a manufacturer’s label in the corner and a note that the contents…
