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@motorolas found a good article that has an informative interview of Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman. Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman tells us how exactly it’s making a $25,000 EV -- The automotive veteran explains why her company can deliver a cheap electric vehicle when others, like Tesla, have...

Slate Auto says Blank Slate Trucks will start rolling off the assembly line "Late Next Year". When do you think production will begin?

I love my digital devices, but I'm also disinclined toward Digital Device Dependency and unnecessary connectivity. How about you?

[I was going to say a DIY retrofit kit, but that leaves out the possibility of a kit installable by an approved technician.] Eric Kyper says Slate Auto will have "a Slate portfolio of vehicles with additional features that may or may not fit right underneath the frunk". Notice that he refers...

It seems like a lot of people are expecting the Slate to be more truck-like than it will actually be. The Slate is car with a pickup bed. There's a name those: "Coupe Utility Vehicle" or CUV. A coupé utility is a vehicle with a passenger compartment at the front and an integrated cargo at the...

A Slate-specific Bike Holder for the tailgate that's stowable in the frunk would be a useful accessory for Slate to offer. Sure you could use a moving blanket and ratchet straps, or even go commando and score some tailgate Shark Scars, but a Slate-specific holder wild be better.

TL;DR: A picture of a battle-scarred shark represents the Slate Design Team's approach toward visible wear. Highlighting rather than hiding battle scars is key to the Slate ethos. A few weeks ago @Mad Mac posted something from ChatGPT that piqued my interest: Apparently the Slate's exposed...

Do you expect to order one of the kits for lifting or lowering your Slate? If you change your mind you can change your vote in the poll. What are your reasons for lifting or lowering? What do you think the tradeoffs of lifting or lowering will be? Images of the suspension heights (lowered...

@Cody posted an image showing a 245/75R17 tire on a Slate alloy wheel and it got me wondering... The configurator says the Lift Kit provides "the chance to include 32" tires". (I have some doubts about that. What specific 32" tire size can be included?) Fitting a bigger and heavier tire will...

What I want to know are the specifications of the tires and, more importantly, the wheels. Tires: 17" Standard Tire 17" All-Terrain Tire 20" Standard Tire 20" All-Terrain Tire 20" Low-Profile Tire Wheels: 17" Steel Wheel 17" Alloy Wheel 20" Alloy Wheel Wheel specifications should be...