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Most vehicles now have speakers in the doors. Slate doesn't have those, and there may be no space for them. On the maker there is a center speaker and a pair of side speakers all in the dash, "extension speakers" that I'm not seeing where they appear when selected, that can be removed and used...

They probably are being outspent by an order of magnitude by the broadcasters. That potentially suspect poll has probably been quoted to most of congress, and has been posted about on many radio station and similar sites. Searching for info about the poll, all you get is posts quoting from the...

Just out of curiosity I looked at what transport would cost to California, about $1600 for open transport. But I'm going to drive my current car until the transmission dies or similar, or I get a Slate or figure out I won't be getting a Slate

Yeah, main thing that points to to me is that no one is campaigning/lobbying against it. That poll is likely a poll of radio listeners, and who knows how big of a poll it even is. A better solution if it's really about getting info after a hurricane or something is probably a portable radio...

Their strategy in how they are assembling the truck may mean they can push out more trucks than you would think at that facility. From what I've seen, the plan is to bring in at least partially assembled parts, and do final assembly there. Batteries put together at another site, motor unit...

So it looks like it made it out of committee There seems to be a good deal of marketing in the language used there, about AM radio being a lifeline etc. I think if you did a poll of drivers, you'd find those that had even turned their radios to AM in the last several years would be in the...

I looked some at EVs before I got my current car, 10 years ago. The pricing was the issue then, you paid such a premium for an EV that I couldn't make it make sense. Now I'd be charging at home, and have grid connected solar, that I'm paying less for than the average electric bill before getting...

They may instead be looking at their likely buyers. If their research shows the lower cost models will appeal mostly to younger buyers, those are the ones more likely to never even use the FM radio. About that bill to require AM radio, has there been any action on it at all in recent months...

Increasingly people are already on unlimited plans. A few months ago I switched mine from $20 plus 10 per GB to: unlimited for $35 throttled after 30 GB, because I was going over the 1.5 GB that made it make sense. Areas that have no cell reception... not a whole lot of those. I know when we...

I think once a driver starts streaming music or other audio in their car, as long as data use isn't an issue, nearly all never go back. I don't yet have a car with a streaming option, but the local radio station advertises that you can stream and keep listening at work. That would make it only a...

I don't know that we've seen final versions of the mounts. One source said they were trying to have 1 universal phone mount, but it's also been seen as having one fixed side and one adjustable, which can be an issue depending on where the charging connection and microphone are on the phone.

Do you really think Tesla is going to announce something low priced? They seem to be going the opposite direction.

At some point yes. Given populations, I'm kind of surprised Texas and Florida have had none, but like I said before, there is likely a reason. In California, the San Francisco and Sacramento area locations might as well be a different state from Los Angeles and San Diego. Texas is bigger, but...

Try https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10962 Department of Energy site that is the first hit when I search "ev sales by state" and shows matching numbers, Probably they are the ultimate source for any articles which mention state by state numbers.

Good for everyone to check out again even if they did before, now that the federal incentives are gone. Looks like in my state there is: a vehicle retirement incentive, $1350 if you've failed smog test, $1500 if you are under 225% of the poverty level, and $2k if both. A local $500 if you...

Breaking into a market that has been resistant to EVs may be more difficult though, even though "EV is the least interesting"

That at least partly tracks with population and where EVs sell, there must be a reason Texas and Florida have been left out. Maybe it's just distance, or maybe some legal/permitting issue.

Ok, Sacramento and San Francisco are about 2 hours apart, Los Angeles is over 6 hours from San Francisco. San Diego is another 3 hours. So the California ones may make some sense. There are still cities in the state that are 3+ hours from any tour site, not counting the lower population far...

They may eventually post some timelapses and other videos, but a section of the factory they worked on last week may have sat empty with nothing going on all this week. They could probably do weekly posts about progress, but that would invite people to speculate they were moving too slowly or...

We haven't seen all the details, but it's been implied, and some of the photos shared after your reply show some tabs and stuff, that it isn't as simple as removing those exposed screws on a locked truck. There would be more screws or other attachments hidden behind the closed door, hood...