Recent content by Kopsis

Yes, I understand the voltage limitations. But V4 Superchargers that are truly 500 kW and open to non-Teslas don't exist on any route I've driven. My point is that knowingly charging at half speed is still a better overall experience than attempting to use one of the dumpster fire EA or EV2Go...

The environmental challenges with conventional painting are solvents and VOCs. The E-coating is a suspended particulate solid (not dissolved) that then gets fused in the baking process, so no solvents and far less VOC emissions to deal with.

My EV6 loses half it's max charging speed at Tesla Superchargers and I still prefer them over the other networks. No matter how one may feel about Tesla in general, the user experience with their chargers is just dramatically better - even without considering location. I've heard the new Ionna...

The Slate will be my primary vehicle, but not only vehicle since my wife will be keeping the EV6. But if I was single, I could definitely see having the Slate as my only vehicle. Back in the day I had a number of "only" vehicles that were dramatically less useful/practical.

My rule for EV road trips is charge every 2 hours even if I have the range to do more. That results in in a 15 - 20 minute charging stop which is just enough time to stretch my legs, use the facilities, and top off my coffee. The trip ends up being so much more relaxing and pleasant that it's...

Not that I have any desire to defend influencers (the very term makes my skin crawl), but those really aren't the kind of questions Slate typically answers (unless you call "we'll have more info on that later" an answer). Some of that is because they haven't made it through design validation...

I'd put the chances of Slate using polyproplyene (like the body panels) for the grill and covers pretty high. Though I doubt they'd have the glass fiber reinforcement for such relatively small parts. PP is cheaper and lighter than ASA with a little bit better heat tolerance and a lot better...

As a patent author, I can assure you that the USPTO legal definition of "novel" and the common sense definition of "novel" are entirely different things :)

I would not expect any significant materials changes from the design validation units that the press got a look at after the price announcement. The main purpose of those builds is to make sure that the final versions of the components from suppliers can be assembled into a fully functional...

This is actually one of my favorite Slate attributes. My whole reason for getting the Slate is to do the jobs that my EV6 is a little to "nice" for. A finish (or lack thereof) that I don't have to be cautious with is very appealing.

Low temperatures cause two problems for LFP. One is simply that LFP discharge at low temps has higher internal resistance than NMC so you're effectively losing capacity to overcome that. Some studies show LFP capacity drops as much as 55% at -20°C. NMC discharge at -20°C drops capacity by only...

The TPT is just what they call the sales tax that out of state sellers have to pay. The amount is the same as the regular sales tax, which is 5.6% for the state plus whatever county and local sales tax piles on top. In Tucson and Phoenix it totals out to around 8.5%

The fact that they're bumping people up without waiting out the 30 days tells me that they've had a significant number of reservations cancelled and no longer need to hold those spots. Not really unexpected nor cause for concern. There were a surprising number of reservation holders who were...

Many of the accessories in the Maker (particularly in the Utility section) are 3rd party. I would assume Slate is actively courting the aftermarket accessory providers and is more than happy to provide appropriate technical details to established companies willing to sign an NDA.

I used Torque Pro in the past but switched to Car Scanner Pro when I got my EV6 because it had more complete support for Kia EV PIDs at the time. Both are really good apps and well worth the modest fee for the Pro versions. I pair with an OBDLink CX Bluetooth OBD2 interface. If you go this...