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<\/p>\nAt this point, it\u2019s really not news to say \u201cChina just created another cheap EV.\u201d It\u2019s a very \u201cFord vehicle costs owner another $500 on a Sunday afternoon\u201d kind of headline. However, we can\u2019t help but keep reporting on it, watching like sick, desperate freaks on the other side of the glass at a zoo. Especially when it’s an electric pickup truck.<\/p>\n
The comments will no doubt get filled with coping:<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re made cheap anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no way it\u2019s safe!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d never trust a truck from China!\u201d<\/p>\n
Oh, you\u2019ll try. You\u2019ll try to really believe you don\u2019t want an $18,000 truck. You\u2019ll try to tell yourself you\u2019re perfectly fine with a $37,000 F-150 – you love a good base model. In fact, you want Ford to raise the price even more, don\u2019t you!? $38,000? Fine. At least it\u2019s made in America, you\u2019ll say. $39,000? Okay, okay. You called our bluff.<\/p>\n
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Chinese EV company Chery has just revealed an electric pickup truck that\u2019s just $18,300. This is not just cheap for a truck, but cheap for any vehicle. We can\u2019t even get the Mazda Miata for under $30,000 anymore. What can you get, really? The Nissan Leaf? It\u2019s not like that\u2019s any cheaper or more American, and your neighbor is still driving that thing around.<\/p>\n
Do you want to be surrounded by Nissan Leaves or by the Rely R08? Tell the truth this time.<\/p>\n
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<\/dt>\nChery has been growing massively overseas (as BYD sees a bit of a dropoff). And we don\u2019t just mean China. China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, and that\u2019s when Chery started importing SUVs and cars around the world. It\u2019s now the first Chinese carmaker to reach 5 million exports, including to the Middle East and Europe.<\/p>\n
People want cheap vehicles. They just do.<\/p>\n
And the United States is no exception. However, we don\u2019t get them. We\u2019ve been feeling FOMO for a while, and this pickup has definitely sent American drivers over the edge. Americans have been fantasizing about a cheap, simple pickup for years. Slate\u2019s customizable electric pickup is attempting to fill that void – a void that can only be filled by a simple, unsafe pickup that gets the job done and not much else.<\/p>\n
However, Chery\u2019s Rely brand has now revealed the R08 electric pickup, which is not a soulless, ugly cardboard box with wheels. In fact, it could even rival the electric pickups we have in the United States while being one-third the price.<\/p>\n
The R08 EV has up to 315 miles of range at its highest trim, and can be either a single-motor RWD powertrain or a dual-motor AWD for $22,800. Depending on the trim, you also get a central infotainment screen that ranges from 12.3\u201d to 15.6\u201d with a smart cockpit system. The higher trim also has advanced driver-assistance features like cruise control and lane-keep assist.<\/p>\n