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minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoSlate is the car for me. No radio. No screens. A gas pedal, brakes, steering wheel, and manual windows.
minus-squarejivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIs it still a gas pedal when the truck is electric :P
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agotechnically, it’s an accelerator, but I’ve taken to calling it the “go pedal”
minus-squaretoynbee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAccording to an old video by Doug Demuro, an early Volkswagen EV had the “play” and “stop” buttons on the accelerator and brake pedals, respectively.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago“Go pedal” was Tesla’s thing, it was part of their branding.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWell, fuck; now it’s ruined… How about “Vroom” and “Skrrch”?
minus-squareAngryRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoYea, just like the save icon is still a floppy disk.
minus-squareprenatal_confusion@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWhat do you mean? I save all my files to floppy. (I actually have a floppy drive yjat I sometimes use to remember yo sounds)
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI refuse to call it a “go pedal” like Tesla tried to create, lol. I guess it’s like “footage” for film, or “rewind.” Maybe we can call it an accelerator?
minus-squarebutwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoI want to be hype for it so bad, but I can’t get behind buying a Bezosmobile. I really wish somebody else was behind it.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoHe was an early investor, it is not his idea. He is not the majority owner.
minus-squarebutwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOh really? Damn, then I’ve been misinformed. I’ll have to take another look.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBut the other majority owners are all invested in Amazon. It’s all within the Amazon family.
Slate is the car for me.
No radio. No screens. A gas pedal, brakes, steering wheel, and manual windows.
Is it still a gas pedal when the truck is electric :P
technically, it’s an accelerator, but I’ve taken to calling it the “go pedal”
According to an old video by Doug Demuro, an early Volkswagen EV had the “play” and “stop” buttons on the accelerator and brake pedals, respectively.
“Go pedal” was Tesla’s thing, it was part of their branding.
Well, fuck; now it’s ruined…
How about “Vroom” and “Skrrch”?
Fast Footy?
Nyoom step.
Yea, just like the save icon is still a floppy disk.
What do you mean? I save all my files to floppy.
(I actually have a floppy drive yjat I sometimes use to remember yo sounds)
I refuse to call it a “go pedal” like Tesla tried to create, lol. I guess it’s like “footage” for film, or “rewind.”
Maybe we can call it an accelerator?
I want to be hype for it so bad, but I can’t get behind buying a Bezosmobile. I really wish somebody else was behind it.
He was an early investor, it is not his idea. He is not the majority owner.
Oh really? Damn, then I’ve been misinformed. I’ll have to take another look.
But the other majority owners are all invested in Amazon. It’s all within the Amazon family.