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Since a spare at all seems to be an add on for the slate, this all does need to be a consideration, and slate should come up with something more than they have before launch. I know some cars don't come with a spare, but those have run flat tires. Do any vehicles just by default come with no...

From the slate site: "A Slate comes with everything you need to charge at home, no need to buy anything extra. With the included charging cable, you can charge using a regular household outlet." It does look like a level 1 cable is included, and that is all. For level 2 you need to buy it...

Did any of those toppers/covers come out of a flatpack box, being just flat panels assembled onto the truck? The ones I've seen were always factory assembled and put on the truck as a unit. So they had the structural framework built into them.

That is another part of the appeal of slate, not getting tied into a quickly outdated possibly buggy integrated infotainment system. I keep vehicles 10+ years. I had a 2000 Focus for 15, then a Versa for 10 so far, hoping to get the slate before it's transmission goes. An infotainment system...

OK, because it keeps coming up, someone needs to ask at one of the next events if the SUV/cargo kit can be installed without the rollbar. Because the rollbar may be structurally required, with flatpack walls and roof, that may be the only thing keeping the structure from falling apart.

That 20% rule, is not something you even want to make a 100% of the time thing. You need to occasionally go down lower, and charge to 100%, to calibrate the range. Don't worry about never getting below that 20% even in an emergency. You can consider it your reserve for those emergencies, that's...

But looking at the images on the site, I see no sign of anything resembling where a hitch would go. The license plate is right where it would be on many trucks, and everything below and on the bumper is smooth. Even the rear bumper upgrade in the maker gives no clue. I'd kind of expect with...

Even the 90 mph stated top speed... who drives OVER 90? in a pickup truck? With the way damage scales with speed, a crash at 90 isn't likely survivable without a real rollcage and 4 point restraints. 80+ mph crashes are the ones where the engine is a block down the street, here is the back axle...

What is relevant is the majority of people never drive more than 100 miles in a day. But they are conditioned to 300+ miles range being "normal" even though they will charge daily. For all those people, a standard battery will be plenty. In fact those 50 mile city cars would be plenty for the...

Hitch is something else that hasn't been shown at all as far as I know. Though they've mentioned towing capacity, nothing more has been shown or said. It's likely the prototypes on display don't have the mounting points even for the hitch that would be in the final design?

A 4-5 seat vehicle is quite small though, a fire exit isn't much of a concern. Scenario is a crash that engulfs the front half of the vehicle on both sides in flame bad enough you can't get through, but 2 feet away makes a difference?

I think you are misunderstanding. No one ever used average EV use in this discussion. The numbers we've been using were average "vehicle" use. The average driver of any car drives somewhere between 12-14k miles a year. That's not people who have accepted a limited lifestyle. That's all people...

It looks like there are lots of cars out there with 0-60 times higher than 8 seconds. There is a site that lists times for hundreds of cars, I drive a versa, looks like no versa is under 9 seconds, some are 10. I'm sure that site is weighted with fast cars, but there are plenty on the list that...

That doesn't look like an option here. The rear wheels, and so the axles and suspension are too close to the tailgate, and there isn't any recess at all behind the bumper where the tire would go up into. It would end up only a few inches from the ground, so the spare would hit the ground when...

Why do ICEV have a gas tank with 350-450 miles of range? Because it would be a hassle to stop at a gas station every couple of days. For most people they will charge at home nightly or as needed, so you don't need a week or more of capacity. I get gas around every 8-9 days. I plan to plug in...

I don't know that there is a better use case for EV with regenerative braking than some USPS routes. My neighborhood is 1 acre lots, with pairs of mailboxes on one side, in front of each house. So they are stopping every 160 feet or so. So they are idling at each box, and gunning the gas and...

I agree. If your occasional trip is ~200 miles, standard battery slate is reasonable, you just charge once in the middle. If your occasional, not rare trip is 300 though, that's when you need to at least be looking at the extended battery if you don't have another transportation option. On...

Without seats, no mention of without rollbar.

Exactly, most people are fixated on comparing the EV range to a gas car's range, even though they don't top off the gas every day or even every other day, while with the EV it's as simple as plugging in when you park, for cheap at home, or if you are lucky, for free at work.

I think the rollbar may be a necessary part. From the hints given, it's all flat packed, and the rollbar goes on first, and the roof and side panels mount to it.