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Slate Build D3T1QK Build Options The Blank Slate ($24,950) Stock Suspension Stock 17” Steel Wheels Stock 17” Tires Rocker Accents, Hoosier Basketball ($79.99) Front Center Integrated Speaker ($249.99) Climate Control Knob Accents; Magma ($TBD) Center Console ($249.99)...

I’m getting the bed mat and will drill holes in it for those.

Welcome! We wouldn’t have pre-ordered a 205 mile RWD Slate without our 480 mile AWD Forester remaining primary, especially for snow/ice and road tripping. .

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The EVSE (look it up) tells the AC charger in the car the maximum current it can supply. The car’s charger decides how much of that it will use.

You can’t just replace a NEMA 5-15 and 15A breaker with a 5-20 and 20A breaker without replacing the wire in between with the appropriate heavier gauge. To answer your question, a 5-20 plug that will trigger a 16A rate is an option for a Tesla Mobile Connector (an EV AC charger is part of the...

TL;DR: Don’t assume a vehicle can carry its advertised payload while pulling its advertised towing capacity. Or vice versa. Each axle has a GAWR and the vehicle has a GVWR which can be no more than the sum of the former. The payload can be as much as GVWR minus curb weight as long as the...

Thanks for clarifying. FWIW, this says it’s 2027 mandated. https://www.vector.com/int/en/products/solutions/diagnostic-standards/zevonuds-zero-emission-vehicle-sae-j1979-3/

Contact your device manufacturer to see they say.

All 2027 light vehicles sold in the US will replace OBD2 with OBDonUDS (SAE J1979-2). It’s optional for 2026 models and the new Toyobaru BEVs have it.

My wife and I have each owned a regular cab, 4 cylinder, manual transmission, small pickup with crank windows and analog HVAC controls so rare these days. We’re retired and our snow, ice, and road tripping car is a Subaru so the Slate’s RWD-only and 200 mile range aren’t a problem. We plan to...