Slate vs REO Runabout (Probable Scam)

[jhevil]

Gas 👎

Now, I will be the first to say
Manual transmission👍, but you're right
Gas 👎.

Edit: I know that there are no manual transmissions on EVs (nor are they needed). But I like 'em.

 

[TPL]

It makes sense that scammers would claim to be creating a Slate-like truck, since Slate's characteristics are so appealing to a wide general audience.

I mean, if they claimed to be making a 30k EV truck that their dealers won't mark up like crazy, nobody would believe them.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

Now, I will be the first to say
Manual transmission👍, but you're right
Gas 👎.

Edit: I know that there are no manual transmissions on EVs (nor are they needed). But I like 'em.

Both Toyota and Ford have working prototypes for a manual transmission in EVs just in case the future is all electric they don’t want to live in that world without a manual option lol.

 

[bloo]

Sock-cuckin' grifter 🤬

 

[1yeliab_sufur1]

Lol yes a truce ice truck for only 21k not saying its impossible buuuuuttttt. Yeahhh

 

[Nivek]

This "company" has been posting on almost all things Slate related I have seen on X.

 

[ElectricShitbox]

Used Tacoma dealership

 

[rockinay]

Slate said their base price was gonna be less than $20,000, and I jumped on board because I liked the looks of it, you won’t even show us what it’s going to look like and it’s supposedly going to be out in several months. Definitely think this is BS and is AI just wanting my $25 to go to somewhere in Kenya

 

[cadblu]

I feel like this is more just to attack Slate considering the timing of it.

Well said. When a neighbor of mine listed his home with a realtor, they set up an open house drawing in hundreds of interested buyers. On the day of the big event, the guy next door put a huge sign on his lawn, “For Sale by Owner” simply to deter people away.

Instead of being truly innovative, it is incredibly pathetic to witness this cheap shot by REO, trying to weigh in on Slate’s thunder. And to name it after a 70s rock band and pulling Ransom E. Olds into the mix is just a display of poor taste.

 

[NMNeil]

Best I can tell, Volvo still owns the REO brand, so it's likely not even available to use the name.

And Volvo is owned by the Chinese company Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. So it makes you wonder if Geely, who are major players in the EV market would even consider a gas powered truck and certainly not one that needs a few bucks upfront.

 

[bloo]

REO Scamwagon.

 

[ElectricShitbox]

And Volvo is owned by the Chinese company Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. So it makes you wonder if Geely, who are major players in the EV market would even consider a gas powered truck and certainly not one that needs a few bucks upfront.

Geely should sue them into the ground, and then actually build a Slate competitor with the Golden Battery they make.

 

[The Weatherman]

Yeah, NO!

Even if it is for real.

 

[NMNeil]

From the reservations page
"This Agreement is not the sale of a vehicle and does not create any obligation for REO to manufacture, offer, or deliver any vehicle."
And the same page says " Built in Texas, sold direct. " but Texas won't 'allow' direct sales.
https://reotrucks.com/reservation-agreement
There's no phone number or mailing address and a quick search for their Texas business License came up empty.
https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch/LicenseSearch.asp
The only Reo Industries, Inc. I could find was an aluminum foundry in Idaho which also uses the name LA Casting.
https://www.mapquest.com/us/idaho/reo-industries-inc-351502673
It just screams
"Run away!!!"

 

[EVfun]

26 MPG is going to be real hard to hit in a boxy pickup. Why is the towing capacity 4x the payload? And why is a 4 cyl. gas powered vehicle 600 lbs heavier than a standard Slate?

I think this REO is a scam, but it isn't to hard to hit 26mpg in a boxy pickup. My 2004 Tacoma base model 5-speed is rated 22/25 mpg, but I know it can easily get 28 mpg on the freeway from doing a number of Seattle to Portland and back runs. The secret is to not go over 70 mph.