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Nooooo, use it, the torque will be fun! 😂 I'm in Warsaw, been driving EVs for several years now, no issues with cold weather.

Yeah, those are the numbers I remember. They are based on both extended range AND "max tow package." The weird thing is that Ford's tow ratings on the Lightnings are less than their ICEV trucks... Meanwhile my Silverado EV will tow 12.5K and the TurboMax Silverado 1500 tows only 9.6K. 🤔

Last I checked the tow rating for the Lightning was based on extended range battery or not (less towing capacity for standard range battery). Has that changed?

As someone who has put over 70K miles on his Teslas with 25K+ of those miles being roadtrips (Indiana to... DC and back, Tampa and back, ATL and back, St. Louis and back, etc) I don't really care about efficiency anymore, to the point I put 18" wheels and off-road tires (they lifted the car...

As soon as you start adding colors you add cost. The whole point of this truck is low cost. It's all but guaranteed that somebody will come out with aftermarket composite panels that are colored.

Yeah, that's what the Slate guy meant. The article didn't specify cells though, it just said "batteries" instead of "battery cells."

$9,300 for a 52.7kWh battery would be ~$176/kWh of storage. That's not much worse than Tesla's ~$150/kWh, especially considering the production run is so much smaller.

Interesting. The article says that the "battery" will be made in Georgia, but the Slate employee I talked to when I took these pics said the "battery cells" will be made there. Maybe just a detail left out?

You are 💯 correct. The USB-C is for connecting your device to the car to control / communicate with it. A USB-C screen would be pretty much useless here. A screen that has wireless mirroring might be of better use, but even then, it's still just mirroring your phone so it'll basically just be a...

They are absolutely going to use composite panels in the *production* trucks. However, this is a *pre-production* unit that they hand built in Michigan. There are only a handful of them. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

Felt and sounded like metal. Can't recall what he told me it was.

All of the HVAC tools are a simple swipe up from the bottom, they aren't "screens" away.

The vents are a single swipe up away. Everything is MUCH simpler than people think it is.

Will that's a bit of a bummer. Although it does sound like some things are still fluid, so only time will tell.

That's access to pop the hood in the pre-production model. He popped it out to open the hood for me. It will be like other vehicles for production. The employees showing this truck were super friendly, knowledgeable, and just all around awesome. My daughter was talking to one of them and they...

This is where I feel Tesla has it down to an art. One screen to control everything, hardly any buttons, easy to find everything you need, and ONE account to get set up. My Silverado EV I have to set up OnStar, then sign into Google, then sign into Amazon if I want to use Alexa (which I don't)...

I could see that, or even "the anti-tech EV", haha.

Will that's a bit of a bummer. Although it does sound like some things are still fluid, so only time will tell.

Go drive one. Then you'll be pro-EV. :CWL: Think about it this way: These days it costs $30K for a SXS / RZR and they aren't even technically road legal or interstate capable like a Slate truck. They also only carry 4 people instead of 5. Let's say you spend $10K on a B2000 and get 20 MPG...

Cry and just keep driving the EVs I currently love and hold.