Recent content by Adam W

I personally wouldn't want a 10 year old used car, Slate or otherwise, at this point in my life. But I will be happy to pass my well-taken-care-of Slate to someone less fortunate when the time comes, and give them a good deal on it too.

Vulnerability to hackers is one thing, but the big car companies themselves have demonstrated an inescapable thirst for your private information, and are happy to collect, sell, and share any telemetry data they can get their hands on. They will trick you into enabling the feature because it's...

Looks like new event details are up at https://www.slate.auto/en/events! The Seattle event will have a truck parked at the Space Needle 8am - 8pm on July 14 and 15.

The blank Slate doesn't even have a spare tire, so just a guess that a jack is "right out" as Monty Python would say.

Joking aside, I worry that the screen is very small and probably low resolution. It would be cool if the video could be mirrored to an ipad when using the connected app.

From what I've read, RWD with a heavy ICE engine in the front will handle much differently than RWD with a heavy but evenly distributed battery pack. Most RWD fears are probably outdated.

Here's an edit to make @cadblu happy.

Usually it's called a bulkhead.

Or they just mirrored that clip in the video during editing.

I just want audio of the doors closing. Need to hear that "thunk" !

I went straight to the source and asked Slate. Here's their reply:

Yea, Seattle is back on the schedule! For posterity, here's the published dates and location as of today, June 23, 2025:

My Ego electric mower has been going strong for almost 10 years now, and the original battery lasted 7 years before it needed a replacement. I've now got a garage full of their stuff, including a snow blower I picked up last winter. I could never ever go back to gas equipment, and especially...

Here's a post from the company's official LinkedIn account for one: Holy crap dude. Do you not understand that this forum, and our little spreadsheet is not affiliated AT ALL with Slate corporate? Slate took $50 from over 100,000 people, and you don't think that they have a list of who those...

That Mach-E frunk doesn't even have cup holders. Useless!