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Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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They just gave millions of foreigners the ability to vote for the government.

a quick search suggests that's just for municipal elections. As I understand the football internet blackouts are national government policy not municipal?

Regularization is a national policy. Soon to be followed by a shortened pathway to citizenship.

Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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Danielle Smith never met a corporate shill she could say no to I predict 6 months before John Deer gets the Alberta UCP on the line and gets a law passed that bans "unsafe tractors" (or the like)

Yep. She gonna sell out Albertan business interests so fast.

Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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I'm not totally sure I understand. I expected these to be selling for twice the price, not half price. I thought the whole idea of so much of the tech is to be able to lock you in and make profit that way, through servicing and features and subscriptions and whatever else. If they're giving up that entire profit stream, they have to make money somewhere else. So how are they selling these for so much less and still m…

There’s very little R&D cost. Possibly little cap-ex as the infra to build exists.

Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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Up until a year ago I was regularly using a Massy Fergusson 135 [0] (Perkins Diesel version), made sometime in the 1970s. It was wonderful! So amazing to drive and use. Clunky and heavy, but you really really felt like you were using a machine. In low gears, if you put you foot down on the accelerator the engine would roar, and your speed would barely change! And there was no fancy technology in it at all. If I was i…

> The air filter was basically a shisha-pipe that bubbled the incoming air through wire wool and engine oil. What is a shisha-pipe?

Class of Middle Eastern tabletop usually-tobacco smoking devices with water based filtering

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah

Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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I want this for cars but to keep the modern powertrain. So an EV without the tracking/touch screens, etc etc. Or an internal combustion engine car that is just simple and efficient (and again, no tracking). I'll take the low-tech but nice features like heated seats and power windows still thank you.

It can be built but it wouldn't be legal to sell commercially. Closest thing would be a kit car (which I've always felt haven't scaled as much as they theoretically could)

Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

#407

Danielle Smith never met a corporate shill she could say no to I predict 6 months before John Deer gets the Alberta UCP on the line and gets a law passed that bans "unsafe tractors" (or the like)

> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.

Danielle Smith knows how to trample curiosity.

Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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This but for cars This but for TVs This but for robot vacuums This but for security cameras This but for baby monitors This but for washing machines This but for fridges Anyone else got any requests?

Maybe for "motorcycles" like Aptera.

Large car manufactures will lobby to avoid competition of barebones, cheap cars.

Re: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price

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https://www.telotrucks.com/ is pretty much that Cheap, fast enough, practical, goofey looking.

by the looks of it... any front collision == instant death?

It's an EV, so what little nose it has is probably all crumple zone (as opposed to having a big ol' engine in the way. Popping the hood on most EVs is pretty funny, actually, because of how little there is under there.
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