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Dude, dont know what planet your from. But when you bring up a new plant with a "planned capacity" of 150k/year - at first, its a few per day - then a few per hour THEN we crank it up, once the team are OK. and then, after a while, if we're very lucky, we add the second shift how long is a...

ok, fair enough. But this thread is about when you will get it? and what'll it cost you, delivered, when you do! Me? I'll take a blank, and get the options later. Oh and BTW, I'll bet rubber floor mats will be on Amazon, within minutes, for $50 Lot of other "stuff" as well, sort of what I am...

Tesla geared up for a bazillion cybertucks, and got it wrong. My worry with Slate is the other way, what if they say they plan 10,000 units a month, and demand is double that? Their 140k units/year is based on a debugged production line with 2 shifts. Doubling output would take at least another...

Well, its a guessing game. My guess? if it hits the street under 30k, the business will be "OK" That includes shipping, taxes, tags, registration, "final prep" (YES THERE WILL BE A PREP CHARGE!) Probability? my estimate is 50/50, i.e. I think, to get a blank-slate, in your driveway sometime in...

Cars that leak? 1) 1970's mini (UK, the van version) everything leaked, windows, doors, rear doors, . . . good news? there was so much rust it just ran out. 2) 1985 Mitsu Gallant, sunroof leaked so bad I eventually took the !@#$ thing out, and caulked it back in permanently with silicone, and...

Just about all of the commercial stuff (excavators, backhoes, loaders etc) that I have ever used have REALLY annoying backup alarms SO, your digging a ditch, loading it into a truck, the entire neighborhood has their Sunday ruined by your beeping. And this is NOT a quiet vehicle either. I favor...

Hmm, how about we tow 10 of them, with one slate?

YES, imagine 3000 lb truck, with 13000lb tow capacity. Actually maybe more than that. A 100klb traction unit can pull ( OR PUSH) a million lb of freight cars But unfortunately rubber can't do it. Not even with tracks But I shall buy one.

Well, a good idea. We have been building BIG dc traction motors, in the USA, for over 100 years. That's what makes most railroads go long distance But small ones under 50 kw, I just don't know. Please. Someone who does know, post a few links

only option I'll go with on day-1 is bigger battery, since its not upgradeable. Well, not yet anyway. But I've seen a few videos that seem to indicate all you need to go from small to big is: 1) a big one 2) a transmission jack 3) a screwgun 4) a bunch of $$$ Not sure I believe this, not yet...

as I understand it the battery cells are USA, and the modules will be assembled in Indiana. I'll have to go research the actual cells, and where those !@#$ minerals come from Could we start a lithium mine in the middle of NYC? might improve the area quite a bit.

agreed, we are both very interested in how Aptera do it, and could Slate do similar, or license it? Either way its a tiny piece of the charging puzzle, good for someone like me who does not drive much. But in that case paying the power company, and using a regular 110v extension cord? probably a...

dunno dude, If your solar was wired in series to 600v or so I could perhaps see it happening. But as I said, UP FRONT, this is the part that currently seems to be made of unobtanium. Now, it is NOT impossible, its just clever high-power electronics. Maybe this is the bit Aptera has mastered, if...

OK, Golf cart. 6 * 6v lead batteries, old 36v EZGo golfcart, as dumb as it gets. Panels, 3 120w 18v panels in series, so the panels generally put out about 50 - 60v, in full sun, at about 5-6 amps. So that "360watts" is more like 240 in the real world. Tied down to the roof with zip-ties...

Good comments, but I disagree, quite a bit. Lets talk about how solar panels at 18v, 30 or 60v, and DC equipment at 24 or 36v can quite happily co-exist. OK, its called an MPPT solar controller, low power ones are very cheap. One side hooks up to the solar panels, most of the stuff on the...

AH! after re-reading this thread I think I see why a bunch of folk ore perplexed. 1)you have Solar 2) You have batteries what happens when the batteries are full? Answer: sell it back to the power company. But the power company does not want it at 1pm, they already have rather more than they...

Dude, its physics 101, I dont understand your post at all. The are NOT saying "without either gridtied or battery", Aptera has a battery, not huge like an F150, but still pretty big I have a camper, NO grid, just like an Aptera. I have Batteries just like an Aptera, not nearly as much, but...

Yee-Ha, lets hope your stocking is full on Xmas morning! Maybe I need to see if Amazon can send me a really big stocking? I've been ever so good this year Santa!

Its odd, my Daughters RAV-4 has these 2-part mirros that pretty well eliminate blind spots, I really like them. My Tacoma does not, (and its newer) We've had the stick-ons for years. My first pickup (1984 Mazda B2200) got failed at inspection in NJ for having them. But mirrors only work if...

maybe, but a flying car will cost upward of 100-200k (in 2028 $), too rich for an old guy on SS who just wants to run to Home-Depot. You cant build a factory in a weekend, even after you build it you cant bring it online in under 3 months. Not even the original Henry Ford, and he was brutal...