Thanks for sharing this 🩶
Think I greatly prefer the tone of the Newsweek article. Different format, but focusing on the feminine POV felt less forced, but that could be a format thing (back and forth interview vs. an article based on conversations). Also having a woman author write about...
Be it a WIRED newsroom editor or Jeremy White (the author), someone clearly wanted to impart a perspective on this interview. Maybe they were looking for a unique angle since it's hardly the first interview TJ has given.
Speaking as a woman (and a woman in a male dominated profession myself...
There’s a Very Simple Reason Why You Love the Slate Truck
Interview with Tisha Johnson by Jeremy White for WIRED
(hint you can use unwall (dot) app to read it)
Tisha & Slate glaze piece 🩶 Love to see it. 🥹
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i always loved the grey (reminds me of my fav truck i owned. an old toyota) the whole factory basic blank slate looks so tuff. even loving the steelies more and more 😍
see everyone is worked up over the 🤤 inbox candy today promising IRL and ride-along events 😜 if anyone attempts this... blame Slate socials team for seeding the idea 💡
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yooo the rapid about face after face-planting mid-year from last year's AI/engineer hot-swap is gonna go in the textbooks for sure.
Def skipping any Fords for the foreseeable future... already dealign w/ 12 y/o (OG) Ford truck that decided one day to mirror its reverse cam w/ no fix. 🫠...
I think there was a noodling around potentially using discounts as part of a hypothetical marketing program i.e. brand ambassadors or something.
As for the preorder price being a discount in as much that it counts towards the purchase of a vehicle. So not really discount... more like a...
Idk about elsewhere but, in the Midwest it’s most of the industrial infrastructure is built around railroads. Helps with receiving / shipping.
Grew up in the rust belt (central IN) in a GM town on the decline. The only auto factory I visited was Subaru plant on a field trip in elementary...
Yeah.
Maybe detach the showroom concept from timeline... Destination themed showrooms could be fun & fresh way to market and build community in multiple places... especially if they ever put a dual motor 4x4 into prod. 🔥
As for service out here in the big blue bubble 🔵 we'll figure 'em out...
More notes for bricks & mortar:
Daily rotation of configurations & demos so there's always something new to see each day.
Kits, accessories, colors and builders on touchscreens/big screens.
Each "location" could have a special code that offers a limited edition decal or other wrap or...
thanks. it is def AI. don't really wanna over do it, but wanted a little pfp to help visualize.
crossposting your mana'o from ambassadors thread 💡
completely agree
that's a really interesting idea. it would be cool to have a stay-over component that ties into an ambassador or academy program paired with a bricks and mortar setup for show & tell demonstrations.