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Alpha Wolf EV Pickup Truck Unveiled, Reservations Now Open

A California-based electric vehicle startup called Alpha Motors unveiled its new compact battery-electric pickup truck this week, the Alpha Wolf, which is described as a “fun, multi-purpose truck for two passengers,” that is intended for consumers “looking for a solid, four-wheel-drive utility truck without the carbon emissions.”

The Alpha Wolf rides on a battery-electric platform with standard front-wheel-drive or available four-wheel-drive and uses a 75-85 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Alpha Motor says the compact pickup truck will be able to travel between 250 and 275 miles on a single charge and can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in around 6.3 seconds when equipped with the optional 4WD dual-motor powertrain.

From launch, the Alpha Wolf will only available in a two-door, regular cab body style with a single 5.4-foot long bed length. Standard equipment includes DC fast charging, a digital driver’s display, a digital infotainment display with Bluetooth connectivity and a premium sound system. Pricing starts at $36,000 for the single motor version, while the dual-motor model is priced from $46,000. It’s worth noting that these prices do not include the $7,500 federal EV tax credit that buyers are entitled to when purchasing a new battery-powered vehicle.

General Motors does not currently have a product in its stable that competes directly with the Alpha Wolf, as the EV pickup is much smaller than either the Chevy Colorado or GMC Canyon. That said, small pickup trucks are beginning to make a comeback of sorts in North America, with both Ford and Hyundai planning to release their own compact truck offerings in the not-too-distant future.

Reservations for the Alpha Wolf are open now, but Alpha Motors has not said when customers can expect to receive their vehicles, or where they will be produced. Finding any concrete information on Alpha Motors itself is quite difficult, actually, with the company having only been established back in October of last year. However its designs look promising and its products don’t seem overly ambitious – though as any Nikola investor will tell you, starting a brand new electric vehicle is never easy.

Check out the video embedded below to learn a bit more about the Alpha Wolf.

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  1. Can’t wait to see how many of these new Electric car companies go up in smoke in the next year or 2. The infrastructure and market is not there. Yes some may survive but the small popups probably won’t.

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    1. It is not the infrastructure that will kill them. It will be underfunded and lack of income to cover the high cost of a start up automaker.

      To be honest there is steady slow growth for the string players now.

      Just drive it around this weekend I was shocked at how many New a Tesla cars were out and about.

      The Tesla is nothing spectacular, they lack the same infrastructure and are supported mostly with credits and artificially high stock values but 5hey are selling.

      Many of these companies just will never get over that first hill due to initial high costs. Then once that GM, VW and others join in most will find it difficult to start up due to competition with deeper pockets and greater resources.

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      1. Liberals are too stupid to understand basic economics. Gas will win in the long run. Goofy electric cars have no chance once the subsidies die.

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        1. This is far past liberal and conservative.

          While the libs are still trying to save the trees the the automakers like GM have found that they are on track to make EV cars that will be affordable, profitable and not life style changers.

          GM see’s a path to being able to being competitive again on price once the ROI is back and it will come back soon.

          The next gen batteries will really show significant price reductions with increased range.

          Add that to the continued added cost being added to the ICE vehicles that keep driving up prices higher and profits lower.

          If you dig into the areas of development by Beyond the Hummer you will find incredible advancements that will bring these models to a market that will buy them.

          I never wanted an EV but with what I am seeing they are very close to meeting what in demand in a vehicle to buy one. I never thought it would come this soon.

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          1. The whole “ultium” thing is a lie and a hoax. It’s just marketing. And it’s just a way to goose the stock price. GM has ZERO chance of beating Tesla and the stock will collapse when Trump throws biden out of office in 24.

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            1. Nobody is beating Tesla but there is definitely a huge fight for second place and I believe GM is in great shape to take it away from VW. Well at least that is what I hope for.

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        2. Proverbs 17:28.: “Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.”

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          1. You know that one quote from the bible but I bet you don’t know your gender.

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        3. You do realized Oil is one of the most Subsidized things our Government (Both Sides) spends money on correct? Has for Generations.
          The only difference is that now our Government has no choice but to follow China and Europe. Our Big Three will not split their R&D into two completely different segments ICE and EV while all other Automakers around the World shift strictly to EV’s

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          1. How is oil subsidized?

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            1. Is that a serious question?
              You cannot be serious right?

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    2. I imagine a lot of these EV startups will go the way the oldtime auto brands of the 1900s that were consumed by larger companies.

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      1. Mary will pull GM down with her if she’s allowed to convert to all EVs.

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    3. It’s like the early days of the automobile itself when there were a lot new startups in the industry. Eventually many of these early manufacturers folded as the market began to mature, and investors focused on brands they felt would succeed. Of course as we all know many great marques also wrnt by the wayside due to a lack of capital.

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      1. Or when the liberal subsidies die.

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        1. Melania Hilton: Don’t you have some other site you can go troll? Something that begins with the letter Q? Move along, you are starting to smell up this site.

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          1. Unlike gender theory, Qanon is REAL.

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  2. Cool looking truck. Nice simple exterior styling. Wish the interior was old school basic too though instead of the ipad screen. But as Joe says, unfortunately not a real high probability for a lot of these start ups to survive.

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  3. It’s go a lot of the 70’s Datsun design in the front. Looks good.

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    1. I was thinking 70’s Toyota Hilux.

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  4. ALPHA? eco golf carts are for BETAs.

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  5. I bet you turn on all the lights you lose 5 miles. Lol! Just kidding.

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  6. Small truck? Win.
    Simple outside design? Win.
    Still a little too high priced, but after tax credits, win.
    Open the door and see the garbage stuck to the dash like a wanabee Tesla? Loser.

    I agree with other comments above that these small popup brands won’t make it. But because GM would be smart to offer an actual small truck and not the mid-sized Colorado as the smallest offering, this would be a great opportunity for GM to swoop in and buy this up. Offer it as an all electric S-10 and put a real truck interior in it. Instant winner.

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  7. All of these negative comments are so comical. I bet the horse and buggy drivers said the same thing about Henry Ford lol. Very soon you will be able to have a car that has no emissions that you can charge at your home or a charging station within 5 minutes that performs far better than a petrol with much less to break. No oil changes, far fewer brake changes, on and on. Get with the times!

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  8. Henry Ford didn’t need to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards when he started. The costs to run development and validation tests to comply with crash standards alone will be enough to bankrupt these one offs. Controls engineers, computational power, and vehicle hardware to do sensing and deployment work for safety systems is not cheap. Make a tire change in production, then all FMVSS 105 and 126 braking standards need to be rerun. There are a lot of reasons why a company needs the stock valuation of Tesla or all the resources of the current manufacturers to enter this market. Suppliers can price the the costs of their engineering and development into their parts when dealing with major OEs, but these one offs need to pay up front. GM developed and released both the C7 and C8 in the same amount of time Bollinger has taken to get wherever they really are right now. Not all these negative comments are comical, they are realistic, these one offs have nothing an OEM needs but an idea, and that’s nothing they need to pay for.

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    1. At least Bollinger is building actual prototypes, unlike this truck that exists only as CGI. This comoany has now produce 4 renders of models with zero investment in actual R&D.

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  9. Yeah – I think it is rude to be overly critical here….

    100% Gasoline powered vehicles will always be with us. Modern vehicles are clean, efficient, and a good value.

    But that doesn’t mean that those of us who like Plug-in Electrics shouldn’t be allowed to spend a bit extra of our own cash on them… It is nice to have a choice.

    What I really do not understand is that GM could take a BOLT ev powertrain and battery – and put this in a small pickup truck with almost no effort.

    The relatively aged GM battery system is on the way out – but they’d sell many BEV pickup trucks (even this little guy) since they’d beat everyone else to market. The dinky size of the thing is just what many people want (especially young adults), and since it is small it would get great range for a BEV using the existing 60 or 65 kwh battery packs.

    GM is currently getting ‘rid’ of their oldest ’60 kwh’ battery packs with their sole BEV ‘Crate’ Product. I’d temporarily be okay with either battery here. I’m sure they can shoe-horn in a more modern Ultium battery pack in future years for equally no money.

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  10. Aside from all of the will they won’t they crap, its good to see a pick up truck that doesn’t look half bad, nothing like the damn ugly Dodgy Rams, Fords f$@d series and Chev Silver hard does.

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  11. Beta Sheep in Alpha Wolf clothing.

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  12. Reminds me of a mid 70’s Dodge Power Wagon.

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