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Well, in the days of RWD being the norm, with nothing like traction control etc, people didn't try driving at 70+mph in the snow. Last time I visited Missoula Montana most vehicles on the road were AWD or FWD. All the rental car companies had were AWD.

no mention of a 16k vehicle. Half of his videos seem to be clickbait

That kind of thing they probably really wouldn't do at this time, the current prototypes are probably lacking most of the sound absorbing insulation they plan to have. Also, depending on the microphone setup and processing they do, so it's going to be really subjective and hard to tell anything...

Your utility likely offers several rate plans, several of which are TOU time of use plans. On the general ones, they don't necessarily know what you are doing with power at different times, just program your charger or car to only charge when the rates are lowest. They may also have a special EV...

Sometime next year, I may have read early next year, reservation holders are supposed to start getting test drive opportunities.

Somewhere it was mentioned that there was AC routed to the back, just covered in pickup configuration.

3d printers aren't all that fast, and a big printer that can print a big part like that isn't really faster than a small one, printing something bigger just takes more time than something small. For a prototype, it works to print one of something like that and have it in a few days, it's far...

Preproduction covers a lot though, everything from the first concept models until they produce for sale. From the variation in photos posted, what has been at the events has been at multiple points from early working prototypes to still hand built mid range test builds. I expect by the time they...

I think those are just choices they are presenting. You can run it with no speaker or phone at all. You can buy or print a bracket to hold a bluetooth speaker you might already have, or one you buy, anywhere from $20 to $200. You can buy one or more of several speaker options that go in the...

Don't even know at this point, it's my sister who has a rogue, her older one didn't have the hard to service brakes, then after she got the newer one, and wanted to change the brakes, we found that the rears needed a service tool to connect to the computer.

You can say it's false, but every time someone tries to point out an example, it's not a quote, it's a calculation based off of "below 20k after incentive"

Remote conditioning from outside of the keyfob range is pretty much going to require some subscription to pay for the likely cellular connection. It can be a low speed low priority connection, but still needs to be paid for. Once you add that, other options become possible. Can't find the...

Many families are 2 car families by necessity. Both parents need to get to work. They don't necessarily need both cars to fit the whole family. That is another demographic. Another is those getting their first vehicle. Many also live in areas where the winter weather isn't such a concern. Slate...

Again, no one at slate actually said the $27,499 number. Lots of writers and influencers did the math of under 20k after 7.5k incentives, but that under 20k has a lot more room under it than that one dollar.

Yes prototypes works, that is what they are. The very first images and videos were probably mockups, non working prototypes just to physically see what it would look like, much like a lot of the "concept cars" that get shown at car shows. Now they seem to be drivable test and demo units, but...

Part of the problem with that "wealthy buy EVs" has been that EVs have mostly been priced out of the range of any but the wealthy. Even with the tax credit, you could only apply that credit against your tax liability, so at a bare minimum you have to be making about $75k to get the full credit...

The only way to get an answer soon about swapped out parts is going to be for someone doing one of those interviews with slate that we've seen several of so far to ask. The answer may just be "we are working on that"

I can't see them charging a subscription for the basic charging settings, though those may also be able to be controlled at the charger. The "dongle and remote services" seems most likely as a possible subscription, but there has been zero mention of a dongle or any of those services from slate.

We need to see what the real range numbers are. The 150 miles might be accounting for the 80/20 rule. The 80/20 rule is for everyday use anyway, occasional 100/5 trips aren't going to hurt, and are needed to calibrate the battery range.

Around here, you reserve a uhaul and when you go to pick it up, it's not available, hasn't been turned in yet. If you are looking at spending 4k more for the extended battery, or even more by going with a different vehicle, how many road trip car rentals would that be equivalent to? Even if it's...