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    Introductions & Welcome Thread 👋

    Why such a low weight limit ?
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    Poll, how old were you when you got a vehicle with power windows?

    Were you the first owner of my Civic :whew:
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    Poll, how old were you when you got a vehicle with power windows?

    My cobalt-blue '89 Civic (bought used) had power windows. You needed 'em in the summer for the "4-65 AC" to work.
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    Radio idea with bluetooth, FM, and knobs

    Modern cars use them for FM and AM. I'll guess there's a built-in pre-amp for the FM side while AM gets a loop. That's one reason why modern car radios perform so poorly. The crappy Soundesign stereo in my '78 Chevette had better reception than the one in my '21 Seltos. It had a real whip...
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    The ONE thing that I believe could actually cause Slate to fail...

    A well-built machine designed with care can be greater than the sum of its parts. They didn't forget. They just don't care. A lot of the buying public wants big trucks. Manufacturers know they'll put up with inflated prices, poor fuel economy, and shoddy workmanship to show off their big...
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    Slate in Cleveland Ohio - July 19-20 Great Lakes Science Center

    Slate trucks for now. I'm not ready for anything else :)
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    Slate in Cleveland Ohio - July 19-20 Great Lakes Science Center

    Now if they'd only come to New England...
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    How much does Slate need to sell to be considered "successful"?

    They just need one sale to be the best-selling compact pickup truck in the country :)
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    Controller Area Network?

    CAN isn't going anywhere soon because it's reliable, scalable, and pretty much everywhere. The company I work for builds electric motor controllers that run on CANopen and J1939 flavors. These things go into applications like buses, forklifts, greensmowers, area lifts, and boat stabilization...
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    Doug Demuro has been trying (whining)

    That's coz nobody's betting on DeMuro to produce anything useful.
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    Three Months Before Price Announcement. Guess the MSRP.

    $24,995 small battery. $28,995 large battery. $1,500 delivery fee.
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    Don't Overthink Electric Car Charging

    What's wrong with lava lamps :) Here are mine...
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    Doug Demuro has been trying (whining)

    Doug DeMuro has been trying whining. FIFY.
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    Cybertruck version launched at $59K

    The RT1 can't do a little coz it can't do enough.
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