Recent content by KevinRS

Hard to get the scaling right with a random photo. Really need a straight on from the side distance shot, and some standard spec for scaling

I think June is probably the earliest for something to go into effect, and that still depends on congress passing a bill that won't get vetoed. Someone isn't going to be happy if the other party tries to undo all the stuff he's "accomplished" and may just veto everything possible.

I think much of what you see in the configurator is not final products, but instead just concepts. Hopefully it will get more refined and add things like pricing next month, and continue to get updates and additions from then.

It's copy and paste of answers that may end up unintentionally leaving out sources was more my thinking. My brief testing of google's AI searching makes it seem to me that the value is in clicking through to the sources.

If Ford starts advertising about their "upcoming" EV truck when Slate starts taking orders, I'd expect them to carefully not mention Slate at all, because mention might lead to people who didn't know Slate existed going to Slate. In fact they might just stay silent entirely for a bit, to avoid...

No, wheel/bolt pattern haven't been released, even if someone has measured on a prototype, it was a prototype.

There is no factory install. Trucks will leave factory blank and if you paid for install of accessories, unless something new is announced, those accessories will be installed at the nearest installer to you.

Crumple zones don't just allow the cab to remain rigid. They allow the deceleration of the cab (and you) to be spread out over more time, so lower G forces. A rear crumple zone would do nothing for that in a front collision.

I see no reason to figure on Amazon being involved in truck fulfillment. Accessories sure, but they don't have the infrastructure and in many cases their locations wouldn't have offices. There is already a rail and truck network that distributes vehicles. They will likely just buy space on that...

That's the thing, if the auto industry lobbyists spent the money on the right senators, it quietly never makes it to a vote. Hasn't been lost for them until it passes. With radio and especially AM's rapidly decreasing relevance, by the time the law would go into effect if it does pass it may...

I really don't see that. Some part of Ford's marketing department may try to earn their keep by going after Slate, but Slate is miniscule compared to F series sales. Ford seems to have more trouble lately keeping production going on those F series to worry about. If they were really worried...

On the AI bit and how it applies here, I have seen posts of AI answers here, seen a detail I haven't seen elsewhere, but there are no footnotes or references, and all I can find either attempting to reproduce the prompt or use a plain search is links to that post.

A tonneau cover or SUV kit may actually lower range. See the mythbusters episode on the topic for a simplified explanation. Slate put a lot of sim time in before they even made the prototypes to optimize aero, while staying in the constraints of looking like a truck, that may make a bigger...

Real world data is showing that that is not as much of a concern. It may have been with the first generation of EVs, but not so much now. People who have always charged to 100% and have driven over 100k miles are not seeing huge range losses. Probably part of it is that the 100% that you can...

That's kind of part of the point of the Slate approach to it. Many vehicles have real updates for maybe a year, which might only be a couple of updates, then minimal just to support the warrantee until that passes, then the software is basically EOL with no options in the case of security needs...