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The front trunk is a safety feature called a crumple zone and is objectively safer to be in a crash with.
European vans are probably the safest of utility cars, they don't have a front trunk.
I did an image search for "European utility van" and everything I saw had a front engine compartment as a crumple zone. So I'm not sure what point you're taking to make here.
That is true, except I'm talking about utility primarily. Garbage trucks already fulfill the design I'm mentioning and are used daily in most cities already.
Except that driver and passengers are above most crash situations. That is a cab over truck. The Japanese mini truck you referenced is a forward control. Different things , actually.
That'd be fine too. What's your point?
Are you saying that because a heavy duty, highly specialized, utility vehicle, doesn't have a crumple zone that the Slate truck is a bad design?
In my view the Slate truck is designed as a work vehicle. It's for people who need to both hual things, and have a place to store tools. It's trunk is perfect for that.
The Kei, and box trucks that we have in the US (which would have been a way better example for you to use.), are great for delivery vehicles. Jobs where you load things up and come back with an empty truck.
There's a place for both form factors. The Slate is not a bad design, it just doesn't fit what you think the use case for a small truck is.
Hm. Interesting point.
Maybe as we move our economy away from cars, and people dont all have to be drivers, we could also move away from cars that are poorly designed specifically around bad drivers.
Yeah, it would be nice to not need cars. I feel like this is a step towards function and away from vanity. Which is a good thing, even if it's not the end goal.
You need infrastructure to actually support an alternative, otherwise cars are a necessity for many people to get to work and the grocery store.