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CHMSL (third brake light) is federally mandated by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108. All passenger vehicles must have them. (Aside, the safety standard requires them to be solid red, and the recently popularized mods that make the CHMSL flash to make sure those idiot drivers behind you...

Note those are not full length sheets of plywood. They seems to be 6-7 feet

I really hope they push through a 2000lb tow rating on launch. Detractors will be looking for fingers to point, and the anemic tow rating is a big target. While 2000 is still very low and falls far short of the industry standard 3500lb for vehicles in the broad ‘compact utilitarian’ market today...

Most utility trailers weight more than 1000lbs empty. The lightest duty 4x8 trailers weight about 500-600. You could load one of those up with…. Some rolls of insulation? 8 bags of concrete(careful, your pushing it!!) To be fair 8ft 2x4’s don’t weigh very much, you could put a lot in those in...

I’ve said it before on this forum and the fanboys get triggered, but I’ll say it here again because it seems like more people are realizing this: 1.) The 1000lb tow capacity is pathetically bad and honestly unacceptable. It means you basically cannot tow anything with your pickup truck. 2.)...

XD I know these manufactures are silly. It's just a bummer to hear that Slate is going down that road despite advertising themselves as the antidote. Although maybe what they mean is that you can't splice in a couple more modules to turn your standard pack into an extended range, which...

I don't think AI is to be believed because that doesn't make any technical sense.

Really? That's a huge bummer. So much for "Serviceable" and "Customizable" and "Modular".

rip. Get ready for the bean counters to ruin it. It was a good run guys.

2015 Honda CRV (1.5x) 2015 Honda Accord (1.0x) 2011 Ford ranger (last year saaad 2.0-6.0x) 2015 Toyota Sienna (3.5x) 2015 Suzuki Vitara (Only the 4 door exists now... 1.5-2.5x) And the 2015 Tacoma i4? 3500lb.

How is that possible? A 1995 Toyota Pickup had a 115hp 2.2L i4 engine, rear drum brakes, and was even smaller than the slate. It came with a 3500lb towing rating. 3.5x the Slate. Of all the Slate figures, including the mediocre payload capacity, the 1000lb towing rating is the one that stands...

No bench seat from Slate please. That would be too much scope creep with all the additional safety equipment and testing that would drive up cost. Let the aftermarket handle it.

They literally just showed it to be untrue beyond any doubt.

Guys this test is even more meaningless than I thought it would be. Actually the exact opposite is supported by this video. The only launch claim attempted to be verified by this first video is "This pack charges from zero to full in as low as 5 minutes". Timestamp 13:16 in the launch video...

Hopefully the Warsaw plant will have a demonstration center. I'd love to visit the factory. Seems like offering that opportunity would fit well in their "American manufacturing" mantra. "Hey American, come check out our American utility truck at our American factory! It'll be a fun time!"