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On clearance, I've got to figure standard would have more clearance than a standard sedan, and hitting curbs shouldn't be an issue.

I wasn't even talking F-350 weight. Talking school bus and semi. After a high school was built near me, you can see by looking at the roads which path the busses take to go to and leave the school to keep to right turns, even around a corner and a mile away. within a few years. The side the...

Hard to calculate where the efficiency is. Most of those are more aerodynamic than the slate, but the slate may be lighter weight than some due to the smaller battery. The bigger the battery in the same vehicle the lower the efficiency because you have to haul around that battery.

There is this thread https://www.slateforums.com/forum/threads/scale-models-of-slate-pickup-suv-fastback-for-diy-3d-print-stl-files.13055/

It's more what writers calculated. As far as I can tell, no one directly said anything but the "Under 20k with incentives" and later "mid-20s" lines. Of course you, me, and anyone writing an article or making a video can quickly do the calculations and get that 27.5k number. It's still going to...

They have even recently just said over 100k reservations, one other reason they may not have mentioned bigger numbers is they don't want to scare off potential new reservations. If they said 700k, and they've mentioned 150k produced per year, people are going to say why reserve to get a truck...

I think we haven't seen a fraction of the accessories that will be available at launch. There will probably be multiple console options, multiple steering wheel and other button options, different phone mounts, a variety of storage options for in the dash, more tire/wheel options, behind the...

Exactly. Everything from everyone else is still just vapor and computer generated renders.

For mail carriers, I wonder if a slate would fit. Range would be the potential issue. An EV with regenerative braking would probably be ideal for some city/suburban to rural routes. In my area, they are stopping about every 110 feet, then gunning the gas to get to the next box. A slate would...

Slate is actually building prototypes at least. The others I haven't seen more than renders and models that wouldn't be street legal in the US.

I really just don't see Ford or the other major manufacturers doing a low cost, easy to repair truck. They have just all been pushing hard in the other direction so long that their whole business model is dependent on it. Even the dealers will try hard not to sell it, because financing and the...

One reason the window cranks might change is 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil. That might just push it into the range of forget the cranks and just install electric by default for the same or lower cost.

My understanding was they posted a position for a seat designer not that long ago, so I'd take the seats being seen in the trucks as placeholders.

As others have posted, the "law" required the agency to make a rule, they didn't, because the tech isn't there, and would at this point add thousands of dollars to the cost of each vehicle, so it's in limbo. Just like the recently passed "law" to move a space shuttle to Texas, ignoring that...

EVs are only incrementally more heavy than gas vehicles, while semis and busses are overwhelmingly heavier. The wear goes by the fourth power of the axle load, so comparing a 2 ton car to a 30 ton truck, the truck does 15000 times the damage to the road. If vehicles were taxed by damage done...

In my area there is a local rebate, but only for buying from a local dealer. Power company has a income based assistance if you need to upgrade a too small power meter to install level 2 charging, and one for used EVs. The state wide ones all ran out a while back.

How big is that bed even? 3 feet? Seems like there's little utility added over the SUV version, it's the same SUV trunk, just open to the air, so insecure.

Many of these rumored competitors may just never become anything more than that. Much of what has been announced/leaked since slate announced the truck is likely manufacturers covering their bases. If Slate is a big hit, they don't want to be stuck starting then with even asking if building...

It's not looking like that ride act part has moved very far, I don't think the technology is there, short of actually making you blow into a tube like the systems they put in cars of a very few people convicted of DUI. One of the big problems with DUI seems to be that judges are lax with...

Even if having doubts, until you are actually ordering or buying something else, I'd stick with slate as well. I am thinking it's possible they were conservative with timing and things like battery range. It seems with the reduced part count they have the majority of the parts designed, and...