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That does look great! However, I had been picturing it leaning into the retro-rad (radtro?) theme with box flares... Because box flares make everything awesomer.

Take off the badges and the average consumer wouldn't be able to tell which is the Ford, and which is the Hyundai Santa Cruz. Amorphous, generic, and derivative. :headbang:

A direct (more than Maverick) competitor from Ford could certainly be bad news for Slate, attracting (too?) many potential customers. What makes Slate compelling (to me) though, is not just that it's a small electric truck. Rather the entire premise is actually a 'novel' (for today) concept...

A direct competitor (more than Maverick) from Ford could certainly be bad news for Slate, attracting (too?) many potential customers. What makes Slate compelling (to me) though, is not just that it's a small electric truck. Rather the entire premise is actually a 'novel' (for today) concept...

That could work, but to truly be the 'full' open air experience... I also only need 3 positions: Closed, vented, and removed. Removal should be accomplished with no tools and in only a few seconds. I've also never felt the need to run a sunroof only partially vented or opened... So if the...

Not having to stop for 1 additional hour (unhook, recharge, rehook) every 1.5 hours of driving would be WELL worth whatever that cost difference might be. Going from a 20 to a 36 gallon tank was game changing. Even if it was just as easy (no unhooking) and quick (5-10min) to recharge, I can't...

Well this all went pretty much exactly where I expected it to. 🍿

Probably not initially, and perhaps not from Slate, but there looks to be plenty of opportunity to work with... Make it the whole hole. :rock:

The problem is not that it's too much of a stretch, but that it's not enough of a stretch. Look at this crash simulation photo: Notice how the bed buckles near the back of the cab in a frontal collision. It seems likely that the bed is included in the crumple zones in pickup form, and needs...

His doing the math on how much public charging doesn't save makes it even more baffling how perpetually full, and often with a wait, the local T-bag charging stations are. One thing he wasn't able to get to, is showing that EV range also drops more than gas range when towing. Regenerative...

It looks super cool, but it needs a 'full panel' sunroof that makes the experience in the front as good as the back.

Obviously he hasn't looks at camper aerodynamics very closely... At least not the ones made for full-size truck towing. :CWL: Aside from the clickbait thumbnail though, it's really a well-done, informative, and entertaining piece. :like:

That's a head unit? :facepalm: ...And here I was thinking it was some kind of dual phone + tablet mount. :CWL: The offset of the head unit is decently balanced by the offset of the phone mount. To be honest... I don't hate it.

Double DIN looks like an easy fit under the HVAC controls. There are already bracketry hard points there too, for mounting the portable speaker bracket. With the steering wheel audio controls that we never had back in the day, and lack of need to physically insert and remove tapes or CD's, even...

I guess that depends on how one defines 'a pretty decent size camper'. Accounting for as-built weight increase and everything loaded into it, you're looking at needing to be well under 2000lb advertised. If you aren't well versed in towing math, your best bet is to simply keep the max trailer...

I believe the term you're looking for is Xennial.

If Slate hasn't already been provisioning both the product and production system for adding AWD to the 2-door chassis, they won't survive long enough to build the AWD 4-door chassis that is necessary for them to reach profitability. Being focused on getting the simplest configuration (RWD...

The tow ratings are different because the towing practices are different. European tow ratings and trailer designs are based on European regulations. Part of that is lower tongue weights, only 4%-7% there vs 10%-15% here, and the resulting lower trailering speeds (50mph) to mitigate the...