Recent content by SLATEchad

Yeah, those are both exciting options, and the Pebble is at least a little more compelling from a price standpoint, but the lightship is crazy expensive and $100k for a recreational vehicle I’m not living in full time doesn't come close to fitting in my budget. I know these startups have to get...

Yeah, unfortunately about the only good electric tow vehicle right now is the Silverado EV with the extended battery, where you can do about 200 miles on a charge (while towing, 400ish not). The RV industry will need to start making more aerodynamic campers as electric vehicles become more...

I disagree. Nothing masterful about the way Ford is doing this. Slate did it masterfully by giving us something to look at and get excited about. Ford held a sweaty, hour long event where we learned almost nothing new and we didn’t get to see a vehicle to get excited about. I was left annoyed...

That’s what’s perplexing to me. They had a prototype to show the small group of employees they sent out to the design center, so they certainly could have pictures and show what the thing will look like even if it’s still conceptual. Unless the employees were just paid to act like they saw a new...

If Ford can get their act together. Nearly everyone was expecting to see a new vehicle on August 11, but instead we heard all the stuff we already knew and got to watch some employees react to seeing the truck. Lame. Makes me think they must have a lot further to go in the development of this...

Exactly. And there have been multiple instances of direct from Slate statements that they will try to get the price down as close to the original $20k price, along with statements throwing out the $25k number. Just annoying these broken records recycling the $27.5k number. Yes, it’s possible...

Here comes this annoying moron again.

I think this article is referring to a larger F-150 sized EV, not the truck they’re supposed to announce on the 11th. It’s one of the smaller more affordable options they’re referring to in the article. 🤔 I wonder what made them shift their focus to the small, affordable truck?

This. Obviously Tesla is a trigger word for some people thanks to Elon, but this is something they did right, and I'm so glad Slate plans on doing direct to consumer sales as well. I loathe car dealerships and hope to never have to work with one again. Clearly there are exceptions, but I've...

I think they likely feel like this will be used and opened a lot more than the standard hood covering the engine bay, as this is meant to be a storage space. I'd be annoyed about having to hold the hood up and set the prop bar if I've got my bag in one hand or whatever I may be loading up.

True, but also they’ve also said “under $20k *with tax incentives…” it was plastered on their website and just about every video and article that was published about the product.

“$27,499 or thereabouts…” 😂 real concrete information there. I remember the wording on the site being “under $20k” with the tax incentives. I also remember seeing/hearing $25k mentioned as many times (including that early video from the CEO). There have also been a couple of comments on social...

Slate has planned this thing out very smartly, with leadership and engineers that have been in the industry and know very well what they're doing. They've simplified and streamlined their design and even without the tax incentive, the CEO says they expect to be profitable by 2027. Within a year...

Things have changed and will continue to change from when they made that video. The tax incentive was still a possibility at that point. Slate knows they have to have this priced right or it won't sell. Mid-twenties is what they're advertizing now. $27.5 is pretty close to high-twenties, so I...

Yes, the reliability would give me some hesitation with any Ford, but of course that's a big question mark with Slate too. Being EV's, apart from tech issues (how much tech will be in this Ford?), the powertrains are inherently more reliable just based on their simplicity. I'd be much less...