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How about a gloss clear wrap?
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Vinyl colored wraps are more forgiving/easier to apply than clear PPF.
Thursday at 8:15 PM
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New Event added: July 11-12, 2026 - New York, NY
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Oh no, how long will it take them to make it to the other corner, up here in the PNW!
Thursday at 8:13 PM
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Anyone else burned out on all the Slate Videos?
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Jan-Mar needs to get here! I got my R2 ordering estimate too: I can order in Nov-Dec estimated. So at the end of the year I’ll have to...
Thursday at 8:12 PM
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Anyone else burned out on all the Slate Videos?
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It’s not worth watching too many right now because they all were at the exact same event getting the exact same information and...
Thursday at 7:27 PM
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How Much Can a Slate Tow / Haul - new page on Slate website
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Not really. It’s possible to have crash affordances in a body that is also structural. Monocoque and semi-monocoque architectures are...
Jul 1, 2026
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How Much Can a Slate Tow / Haul - new page on Slate website
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That’s what they claimed in the marketing long before it was released, but it did not come to pass.
Jun 30, 2026
LevelHeaded
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How will trade-in work?
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Exactly, so factor in an extra 10% of value (depending on your sales tax rate) coming from the trade-in vs separate sale
Jun 30, 2026
LevelHeaded
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How are folks buying Slates? Financing / loans?
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I will be paying cash for the Slate
Jun 30, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Q2 delivery estimate for last minute reservations & new orders.
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I have an alternate theory that has just as much evidence to back it up (read: basically none)
Jun 30, 2026
LevelHeaded
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How are folks buying Slates? Financing / loans?
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Should have posted this as a poll
Jun 30, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Q2 delivery estimate for last minute reservations & new orders.
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I understand the curiosity and excitement, but without much data, it’s not-so-educated guessing. This forum has a total of 2500...
Jun 29, 2026
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Level-headed Slate video posted today
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Hey, I didn’t make this video… Nor do I endorse it!
Jun 29, 2026
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Q2 delivery estimate for last minute reservations & new orders.
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[EDIT]: I'm striking everything out because I don't know what's up. I know nothing. We know nothing. Today, Monday 3pm Eastern, I got...
Jun 29, 2026
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Motor details + underbody / undercarriage protection
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I’m assuming it’s permanent magnet, but have they ever confirmed this? Much less likely, but still possibly, EESM.
Jun 27, 2026
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Why only a short bed?
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Slate is focused on a single SKU. Who knows what they’ll offer in the future, but for now they’re making one single truck, all exactly...
Jun 27, 2026
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Who else is disappointed
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Game changer, duh. If also says that right there. But I knew!
Jun 27, 2026
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Is Slate teasing me with a pick-up delivery option?
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Some folks are guessing "pick up" means at, say, your nearest Carvana delivery center (or however they get the car to your basic area)...
Jun 26, 2026
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PREORDERED!! 🙌 Have You?
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A bunch of those people already got jul-sep windows via email today as was posted in the other thread)
Jun 26, 2026
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PREORDERED!! 🙌 Have You?
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What do they say! I don’t have TikTok so I can’t indulge
Jun 26, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Preordered and now having second thoughts...anyone else?
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🤔
Jun 26, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Slate to *require* wraps to be purchased from them?
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Ooh, colored transparent or translucent like iMacs/iBooks or even pagers of yore
Jun 26, 2026
LevelHeaded
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A few thoughts
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So the claim here is that on outside of the bed for example, we don’t think there is anything between the polycarb panel and these braces?
Jun 26, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Extended Range Option
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They have not spoken to future plans
Jun 26, 2026
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Slate Auto General Topics
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1: I want to see polycarb panel removal. What’s under those panels! 2: There should be fold-down armrests on the inner sides of the...
Jun 26, 2026
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PREORDERED!! 🙌 Have You?
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Sales tax is generally charged at registration in the destination state if it wasn’t paid on purchase…
Jun 26, 2026
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Preordered and now having second thoughts...anyone else?
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Doesn’t appear to be relevant to OP. They said: “ This is not a "the Maverick is cheaper", "the new Ford EV truck will be under $30k"...
Jun 26, 2026
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Preordered and now having second thoughts...anyone else?
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Well there are more than 6 months between now and when they start going out to customers. Your money is not refundable, may as well hold...
Jun 26, 2026
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What will take for Slate to Succeed?
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!RemindMe 1 year
Jun 25, 2026
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Destination Charge
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I think it will be no-fee pickup from closest Carvana, or last-mile delivery fee to your house from closest Carvana!
Jun 25, 2026
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Destination Charge
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I don’t think it’s mandated that there is a destination fee But if there is one, there are rules about it
Jun 25, 2026
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Extended Battery Gone?
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Huh? WLTP always exceeds EPA. If you think EPA is overly-optimistic, WLTP is even more so.
Jun 25, 2026
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Extended Battery Gone?
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Haha, again, agree to disagree. You’re going far too extreme, untruthfully so, on the correction. NMC voltage at 5-15% SoC is approx...
Jun 25, 2026
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How will Texans get back our direct to consumer laws?
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Don’t they just get around this by having you complete payment/the sale before they bring it over the TX border? I thought that’s the...
Jun 25, 2026
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Regen braking non adjustable ? Deal breaker for me.
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Not anytime. When it's configured correctly, regen braking kicks in long before the brake pads touch rotors.
Jun 25, 2026
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Release Day! What pleasantly surprised you. What mildly disappointed you?
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Yes but they also very clearly stated in several of the videos I watched yesterday that there are a handful of accessories that are...
Jun 25, 2026
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Extended Battery Gone?
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Here you’ve gone and overstated the correction, IMO. I think talking in absolutes/extremes either way probably oversells the relative...
Jun 25, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Who else is disappointed
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Correct, make sure to add them both in the builder!
Jun 24, 2026
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I'm "First Shift" with the "2027, to be announced" delivery window. I think first shift just means we did the preorder when it first...
Jun 24, 2026
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Some choices gone?
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Yeah but you had 30 days from this morning to pay the non-refundable order and keep your delivery window. If you paid right away...
Jun 24, 2026
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Cargo Kit will be available to retail customers (confirmed by Slate)
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Only becomes an issue when you frequently hop between cars, then your muscle memory gets confused. Honestly, I consider this a safety...
Jun 24, 2026
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Will you have self control when choosing add-ons?
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Yes I will! Slate is a great deal at 24,9. Any accessories/mods I’ll order for pickup and/or installation over the border in OR for no...
Jun 24, 2026
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"telematics module" and "1 year subscription"
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The ars technical article said the telematics unit is primarily targeted to fleet customers. I for one love that the base vehicle has no...
Jun 24, 2026
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Are you… First Shift?
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Only certain things will be installed at factory if ordered. I believe wraps, wheel upgrades, and suv/fastback kits. I think everything...
Jun 24, 2026
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PREORDERED!! 🙌 Have You?
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Delivery was based on reservation date (ie April of last year), not what time you converted the reservation to a preorder today
Jun 24, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Who else is disappointed
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No, first shift and delivery window has to do with when you reserved, not when you pre-ordered today.
Jun 24, 2026
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Jun 24, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Finally info on the "improved" light systems!
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I’m at work, will have to watch later!
Jun 24, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Release Day! What pleasantly surprised you. What mildly disappointed you?
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I want drone delivery
Jun 24, 2026
LevelHeaded
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Do we know what the warranty is yet?
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It’s in their faq 4yr/50k mile limited warranty 10yr/110k mile powertrain/battery warranty
Jun 24, 2026
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not necessarily the case in very cold winter areas. all depends on the system design, none of it being public or well understood yet...
Jun 24, 2026
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