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Road forces are inherently transmitted to the driver through a hydraulic rack assist, but can be engineered out with varying degrees of success. Road forces are inherently isolated from the driver through an electric rack assist, but can be engineered in with varying degrees of success. Across...

Exactly. That's why the old Hotchkiss (live axle on leafs) setups pretty much always tend to one-wheel-peel with decent power applied to open diff. Getting into 3 and 4 link setups with more advanced geometries can also mitigate this though. Bolting the differential to the chassis in front...

If it can seep for a decade without affecting function, it's just adding corrosion protection... That's a feature, not a bug. LOL

While EPS 'can' have acceptably good feel and feedback, in practice such setups are the minority and typically relegated to traditional sporty cars rather than trucks and/or EV's. So statistically speaking, there is more reason to expect the EPS to be not-good than be good from a driver...

Despite the 'one wheel drive' jokes, an open diff applies the same torque to the tire that grips as is being reacted (pushing forward) by the ground on the tire that slips. What people notice most is that the excess torque beyond that just goes into the slipping tire. Thankfully the Slate is not...

That depends. How many people do you know with 8" wide butts?

Seats: I didn't spend enough time to tell if I particularly dislike them, but did spend enough time to tell that I didn't particularly like them. The best seats (car, couch, cycle, etc) maintain equal comfort the whole time seated. Getting more comfortable the longer you're in it is almost as...

Rather than starting a new thread, I'll just consolidate my thoughts from the event here too. Sorry for any basically repeated pics or info, but I wrote this up to share elsewhere too. I just spent a little time getting hands on with a Slate. Unfortunately no engineer's were present. On...

To keep this going... I've been following this produce since launch and see a lot of potential in this nifty little electric truck. I'm in early consideration stages for a not-boring runabout to compliment my F150, and this definitely seems to be a contender. There can't be many other people...