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oh, cool. So you can *be* drunk, just don't *look* drunk for the camera. Damn me and my resting-drunk-face. Just like all those new UK age verification systems that are AI driven to make sure a person "looks old enough" to play online videogames, irregardless of their actual age. It's safety...

I hope Slate can do some proactive outreach with the common insurers. Show them the benefits of the design in keeping repair costs down, and almost eliminating insurance claims for a lot of common dents and scrapes. That would certainly help their customers with the total cost of ownership.

This is quickly going to get political, so I'm trying really hard here. But the things that are legal today can easily become illegal tomorrow. Some people today, depending on skin color, cannot go to a peaceful protest. An activity that's constitutionally protected for every person (not just...

The pervasive encroachment on our privacy is something I'm really concerned with, if that wasn't obvious from other threads already. I'll just touch on backup cameras for the moment. Backup cam for my personal use in the vehicle: fantastic safety device. That video being stored in the car and...

Ding ding ding! This is the fun logistics issue I'm looking forward to seeing the solution to. Presumably you won't get the 20s on the truck and the full set of 17s thrown in the bed. But maybe you will?! Everything so far has been talked about in terms of "add on" and not "replacement." So...

This all sounds wonderful in theory, cars talking to other cars so they all can make better predictions about how to react to the situation. That is a ton of telemetry data though, and there's not a company on earth that I would trust not to find "alternative and lucrative" uses for that...

Barman said "double din" in this interview. But this was back in May and we're still in the pre-production phase so who knows what's changing, and what's just an occasional misspeak.

There's U 1FAAB for a drained battery, which would be funny for an old EV. 🪫

Not really odd, they've started in the northwest & northeast and are working their way down and around. They'll get to the southern states soon enough, and it'll be when the weather is much nicer for outdoor events. By then it'll be rain/snow in the north anyway.

The plate I want is really esoteric. People probably won't even recognize it as a custom plate: U 1F50B It's the Unicode codepoint for the full battery symbol. In regards of the original intent of the thread, In Washington, every car I've bought new came with paper tags and the dealer...

I still have a reservation on the Scout Terra. It's a LOT of truck, more than I need, and probably 3x the price of the Slate. But it is pretty. I'd continue to watch the development on that if the Slate doesn't pan out, but I'm not super excited about it like I am the slate. Not sure if I would...

Done! Now we wait for Slate to make their official partnership announcement!

I agree that an auto-focused service center would probably provide better service. My Walmart prediction is based on the fact that both Slate and Walmart use the *exact* same language. From the Slate FAQ, "Through an upcoming national partnership, we will be offering authorized Slate service...

Oh man, I think we need a forum wide AI filter to translate @1yeliab_sufur1's runons. 😂 Took me twice as long to read that than to copy/paste/read in ChatGPT. Here's the translation for anyone else, lol! Yeah, if it’s Walmart, I’d rather not. My ma took her car there for an oil change—they not...

As we all know, oil never kills birds.

I've been beating the "Walmart" drum since the very beginning. Not that I'm a fan of Walmart, but the puzzle pieces fit. What other auto service place do people "visit regularly"? I've seen it commented that an 8 year 100k mile warranty on the battery is federally required. The Code of Federal...

Submitted. Finally.

I want to haul stuff, not people. And do it with electrons not oil. That means the only comparibles for me are: Truck Model Starting MSRP (Base Trim)* Rivian R1T $70,990 Ford F150 Lightning $54,780 Chevrolet Silverado EV (commercial) $57,095 GMC Sierra EV $64,495 Tesla...

I saw a pic on my social media feed that the 2nd Olympia showing at Percival Park was the same Ember Goods livery. Still looking for pics of the one from this weekend's event in Cleveland if anyone finds some to post.

I just looked at custom plate options in Washington State, and this is one of the options. Scary! Apparently JP Patches was a local children's show from '58 - '81, and the plates benefit Seattle Children's Hospital. So, a good cause, but still... 😂