Recent content by Adam W

Slate posted a video a while back of the truck getting loaded up with picnic gear. It had the squareback cover. Tailgate down, glass... also down. It looked really awkward. I really hope that's going to get a rethink.

Chris said the SUV kit would be in the $5000 range. That's not a number I had heard before from an official source.

This article on Autopian made me laugh. They fantasize about a new EV El Camino with a fold out 2nd row seat, and basically just end up reinventing the Slate. https://www.theautopian.com/a-reader-requested-new-el-camino-could-solve-the-ford-mavericks-biggest-problem/

Putting $25,000 so prominently on the cover is a bold move, and one I wouldn't expect to be made without at least a wink-and-nod from the Slate higher-ups.

At least you got to face forward. My dad's S-10 had two jump seats my brother and I had to sit in on a cross country drive one summer. That's a long trip facing each other, knees together.

Slate literally posted a video of an egg cooker plugged into the frunk. Unless this is some sort of 12v power inverter that they're not showing.

Happy to have more affordable EV options in the market, but with 4 doors and ~200 inches, this one isn't for me. But I think it will keep pressure on Slate to keep their price as low as possible.

I tried playing with their online designer, but ended up making a big mess. After seeing the Space Needle wrap with the Seattle skyline photo and subtle clouds, my imagination has gone into overdrive thinking about all the possibilities. Now, a single solid color seems way too boring.

Does every thread need to deteriorate into a pissing match about price?

With all the uncertainty around tariffs, interest rates, state incentives, etc, why would Slate box themselves in with a pricing announcement a year+ out? I bet they'll push that off until right before it's time for us to place orders.

I learned about Slate within the first few hours of their big reveal presentation, and had a reservation a few minutes later. I don't even follow auto news, but it was all over my social feed that evening. I think they're doing just fine, and even if a fraction of their current reservations turn...

At the events, Slate reps used the term "pre production."

If whatever Ford makes gets any traction at all, the dealers are going to futz up the prices just like they did with the Mav.

Y'all pushing for a prop bar are crazy. Even though it's in the front, the hood covers the Slate's trunk. Can you think of any regular car that has a prop bar to hold open the trunk? Edit: i must have skipped a whole page of the conversation, as i now see others already made this point.

Are there examples of *any* other car with front windows that don’t go down fully? That would seriously cramp my style of driving with my elbow out the window.