Recent content by danielt1263

Listen again to their original ad on YouTube... CEO: "A Sate cost in the mid20s. Brand new." Now I get that this is likely a "ball-park" figure but so is Ford's. Sure, the consensus is that it will come in between 25 and 27.5... But why take Ford at their word? You don't really think that Ford...

Everybody always bumps the Slate by $2,500 but takes Ford at their word @ $30k... How about say Slate is at $27.5k and Ford is at $32.5k? Or Slate is at $25k and Ford is at $30k? Hell, Ford's price should be less accurate because they are estimating two years out on a vehicle that doesn't even...

I think someone who is looking at a Slate SUV with the extended battery out the gate would be better served with the Ford EV or even the Hyundai Kona EV (which is already out.) Such people aren't looking for a cheep pickup truck, they are looking for a cheep SUV with extended range. In the case...

I don't know if this is typical, but every dealer in my city has a "dealer fee" ranging from $1-2K that they add to all vehicle sales. If you ask, they will even tell you that this fee goes directly to the owner of the dealership.

When I worked at a dealership, I learned that the person who comes to your car to chat with you in the service line works on pure commission.

But what else can we possibly talk about other than speculation about [unannounced] price and unannounced features?

Except they said "mid-20s" from the beginning. They even said that before they said under 20K with incentive.

No Slate representative has ever been quoted as saying anything other than mid-20s or under 20K with incentives. Could they have told reporters something they haven't told us? It seems to me far more likely that reporters heard "mid-$20K", and "under $20k after incentives", then added the...

Your quotes are not from Slate representatives. When I said "They", I didn't mean just any random internet article. No Slate company representative ever said "just under $20K". They have always and consistently said either "mid-20k" or "under-20K with 'current' incentives (which they stopped...

That said, for those who want to load up with an SUV kit, lifts, spare tire, larger battery, etc... Without a specific need for these things, they would likely be better off with a Kona EV. It may be a few thousand more, but those back seat doors are a hell of a draw for an SUV. I have looked...

Strictly speaking... No, we can't all agree on that. They never said just under $20k. The exact quote is, "A Slate costs in the mid20s brand new... One sec Chris, actually under 20 after current incentives." If they had said, "just under $20k" and never said "mid-20s" I think I would be fully...

Sure... A vehicle in the "mid-20s" will be "under $20k" with the $7,500 tax incentive. And for @AZFox, they have never been any more concrete than "mid-20s" as far as I know. And yea, that could mean anywhere from $22,500 to $27,499. The optimists are saying $25k and the pessimists are saying...

They have always said "mid-20s" look at their very first advertisement on YouTube where the CEO herself says "mid-20s".

Sure it has over double the range. I don't need over double the range. I'm only going to be putting 100 miles a month on the vehicle. Sure it can tow over 3x more. I don't need to tow over 3x more. My boat & trailer combined are 600#. Sure it has an impressive sound system. I don't need an...

I'm not spending $40K+ for a vehicle that I will only be driving 100 miles per month so the Telo is out. And Aptera can only tow a few hundred pounds so it's out. I'm going to get the cheapest solution that is: (1) new, (2) able to tow my beach cat to and from the beach without voiding the...