Normally I would and yes, you are correct. Moore‘s law is the one. But the way things are going right now with all the political noise. I think I’ll stick with Murphy’s Law.
Murphys law is working with EV’s. I have a 2021 Mustang Mach-E premium (2021 RWD Big battery) 305 mile range cost $52k. I have a 2022 MINI Cooper S EV that was near $40k. 105 mile range. New Mach-E RWD with LFP battery 265 mile range. $39k. New leaf $35K approx 300 mile range. Slate...
When selling anything especially something new like the Slate truck going up in price is painfully hard down in price is remarkably easy. Particularly if you have a lot of margin in your vehicle. My bet is that slate has a lot of margin.
This question sent my imagination to overdrive. My plan is to replace a MINI Cooper S EV with the Slate. Then I remembered John Cooper made a MINI pickup Photo of one. Maybe I could cut the back open and have a truck. Then reality returned and I will drive the wheels off the MINI.
I want a small EV pickup truck. Oh wait there are none until late 2026. To get the truck I will sell my MINI Cooper S EV. I love my MINI Cooper S EV (really a nice car) has trained me well. Owned it since Aug 2021. 100 miles of range..no issue.. Charging speed at DC fast charger does not...
Or..Mark Walter is a Carvana investor and Carvana is national including Indiana so they could do the factory delivery as well as be a national delivery channel…hmmmm
I asked and the answer for now was ‘not at this time’. I would love a factory pickup. Rivian does it. Many other MFG do it. Lots of good prior suggestions.
Some Slate investment came from Mark Walter who is invested in Carvana. While having the other investor (Jeff Bezos) have Amazon deliver the Slate seems well cute. Carvana has all the services and infrastructure to do it.
Yes, the open question is the Slate App and integration such as OBD2 data. When I posed the question the answer was along the lines of ’thinking about those things and thanks for brining it up’.
I am going with an IPad and a BT or USB speaker. IOS and Android have radio apps. Wait I have a better idea an IPad and 2 HomePOD mini's. The Android crowd can do the same thing with a couple Echo's. Now for the 110v inverter.....
What’s actually interesting? Is that most 2 wheel drive EV‘s have been rear wheel drive no matter the size. In addition to my Mach-E I have a mini Cooper EV which is 2 Wheel drive electric and it is Front Wheel Drive (basically a BMW I3 rwd flipped around). Between the 2 of them there is not a...
I have a Mustang Mach E premium 2 Wheel Dr. with an extended battery. It is a rear wheel drive only car. It’s great. It handles well no issues. The regenerative breaking works fine.
I fully expect the rear wheel drive for slate will be just fine considering that the motor is at the rear axle.