Recent content by cvollers

This is a much better Telo vid...Jay asks some good questions:

I was doing some research and stumbled across this Telo fanboy vid. Enjoy.

The “maybe” on preconditioning is interesting. If no cellular radio is present in the vehicle, how will Slate be able to use the app to precondition? Will the fob be the point of connection with Bluetooth between the fob and the phone? Over what distance will the fob radio operate? How secure...

I haven’t touched my FJ power side mirrors in two years. Set and forget.

I may have to take this post down as another has correctly pointed out that the Rivian R1T clearly outperforms the Lightning. Even the Throttle House boys are impressed with the R1T. If the Scout Terra delivers on their promise, it could be a legit challenger.

I have full sun today beating down on my two 100w BougeRV solar panels on top of my FJ’s RTT. They are charging my Anker power station (LFP) at 150w. I would never consider using that Anker (or any other power station) to charge an EV. I won’t even connect my dual power fridge to the Anker’s AC...

Me too!

SUVs? No question Rivian is #1 EV. Pickups that do actual work? Doubtful.

As a past VW owner (and two time GTI owner), I’m more than a little curious about this upcoming electric GTI.

I think it can be argued that despite being made by Ford, the Lightning might be the gold standard for EV pickups. It certainly is the best F150 not named after an extinct dinosaur.

Both the Rivian and the Lightning are full size trucks. The Slate is a compact. The Cybertruck suffers from small frunkitis because of a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with key systems that Tesla chooses to locate in the front for “ease of access”.

That’s interesting. All of the body panels or just some of them? I wonder if this is the case with all their betas…

If not composite, what are they?

Perhaps you missed the posts about Slate not delivering to Hawaii.

It’s not about the physical size of the battery. Slate is engineering the frame once around the larger battery size, but the BMS specifically tailored to the battery size being managed. I think Slate will position the battery (regardless of size) to best balance the vehicle weight to optimize...