"If you want a new, electric pickup truck for around $25,000 or so, what are you willing to live without? The folks at Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup Slate Auto are betting you're willing to live without a lot—even power windows. The upcoming Slate Truck's clever cost-cutting to deliver a utilitarian, everyday electric work truck includes manual, roll-down windows. Those haven't really been seen on new cars in America in decades, but the still-high cost of batteries means some sacrifices. Or does it?"
""I collaborated with Slate to build it alongside their Artist Series that they are currently doing on social mediayou can check out their Instagram page to see some of the other artists they worked with," Benedetto told me via email. "However, they pretty much gave me full creative control to build anything in my own style that I thought should be added to the truck, and immediately, the idea for the Window Winder came to me.""
Slate Auto plans to cut costs on its $25,000-range Slate Truck by using manual roll-down windows instead of electric ones. Matty Benedetto created the Window Winder, an electric, button-activated motorized hand that turns the truck's window crank. The device uses 3D printing and a silicone replica of a hand to fit the crank, and a motorized block plugs into the truck to operate it. The project was built as part of an Artist Series collaboration with Slate, and the Window Winder is presented as a playful retrofit rather than a commercial product.
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