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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
(www.autoexpress.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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What I'd like is a EV that has no additional shite attached other than what I want.
Just give me a chassis with a standardised battery pack, that has AC. Then let ME choose what after-market 3rd party options to put in such as:
Heated seats, Radio/CD/BT/carplay or android auto using standard car DIN box sizes, reversing sensors, cruise control, cab lighting, etc.
So basically you want a retro electric car
Sort-of. What I'm imagining is a small selection of vehicle sizes from small hatchback to estate/people carrier to van/kei-sized pickup that have a common battery pack size, motor, and inverter.
You'd choose the type of vehicle that has just the basics built-in like safety and AC.
The rest is customisable and allows for 3rd party manufacturers to make ancillary products for it. Do this by using existing standards for 3rd party automotive parts and then create new standards with open sourced designs for things that aren't: i.e. the battery pack size and interface, and inverter size and interface.
Eventually what I'd like to see is a market where people can keep these vehicles running by upgrading, repairing, recycling.
If I had a billion dollars laying around I'd sink it into trying to create an automotive co-operative to get at least 3 different sized vehicles with a common battery, motor, and inverter made, through certification, and then released. Then let the market do it's thing when presented with a new opportunity: adopt and grow.
And I know that I'm certainly missing a lot of issues with this idea but that's just what it is, an idea and it'll probably stay that way unless someone else has the resources to make it.
Yeah, that would be nice. God I wish
I think Slate Auto is what you're looking for, but it's just concepts at the moment. No idea if they'll actually deliver.
Slate Auto is a good start, what I'd want is something that's beyond what they're offering at the moment.
Wishing them best of luck, despite Jeff Bezos, the Amazon cunt, backing them.