Recent content by pfan760

That's actually pretty cool! I'm guessing the lack of massive paint booths help. I think Tesla also does their own stampings and cradles too on-site and that type of machinery is huge!

I actually posed this question to customer service! We were talking about this on the FB Slate Enthusiast page. Something akin to a Spec Miata series would be really fun. Only thing is most racetracks still don't have Level 3 fast chargers available and I hear some don't want EVs on the track...

400 lbs is splitting hairs? Lol

That was the line of thinking in the 90s/2000s that kept prices low on a lot of things but 2020 changed all of that. Globalization has its limits and I think people are becoming more and more aware of what off-shoring did to our industries and what hollowing that out has done to our...

Tesla is the most "American" car you can buy today. Despite what anyone thinks about Elon and his politics, this is a great thing! Tesla is a pretty vertically-intergrated company and most of their supplies are US-sourced which I think is fantastic! I think they led the way for other companies...

From their interview with Munro, I believe they said all stampings would be shipped in from a supplier to be assembled and welded at the Slate factory.

SK On and JJE are foreign companies yes, but some of their production facilities are here in the US. Toyota is a Japanese company but they have massive factories and plants all over North America. Ford is an American company but a lot of their factories are in Canada or Mexico. We’re not even...

whether the extra 400 lbs is low or high it’s still 400 lbs. CoG is low owing to the fact it’s a BEV but weight will still affect everything from steering feel, braking and accelerating and suspension tuning. yes, the standard battery, all else being equal, will be the better performer...

Just submitted!