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The de dion setup has another traction advantage over a live axle. A live-axle car with an open differential will tend to do a "one wheel peel", spinning the right tire. With de dion the differential is secured to the frame, which reduces (eliminates?) pressing down on the left tire and...

Does soapy wet pavement count?

I think the solution for that is a splitter that allows you to share a dryer plug with your EV charger and limits the power draw to something safe.

A couple of screenshots:

Chris Barman says there are some people will want a workhorse and some who will want their vehicle to be a means of personal expression. IMHO the Social Media crew doesn't have much of an idea what workhorse people want to see. This may be because they're "creatives", not people who ever...

A comment from the video on YT: "The ending is perfect. Right where they ran out of battery." 😆

And you could replace the hole's cover with a spiffy hand-crafted wood one. ;)

Van Topper, no seats or rollbar, with openable windows for ventilation would make a better Canine Carrier Combo than a Sugtop-type shell.

If the rollbar is integral to the SUV toppers, Slate should offer a topper / shell similar to a Shugtop bed cap. By that I mean something that leaves the pickup cab intact and seals against the cab, with it's own rear window. Removing the cab's rear glass would create a pass-through to the bed...

An "AI Slop" video that explanates about the Truck being a hybrid with a turbo V6 that's getting body redesign this year does that?

Footprint is the area enclosed by the points where the four tires touch the ground. It's the wheelbase multiplied by the average track width.

While I think Slate's relationship with Amazon is typically overstated (lots of references to Jeff Bezos) it can be understated as well. There's a lot of Amazon DNA in the company. The company originated as "Re:Car," a project within Re:Build Manufacturing, which was co-founded by Jeff Wilke...

Here's an interesting piece from Forbes: Why Electric Cars May Soon Become Cheaper Than Gasoline Cars The long-awaited moment where electric vehicles move from “nice-to-have” to “must-own” is finally arriving—powered by collapsing cost, intensifying competition and rising scale. For consumers...

It makes sense for this to happen because car manufacturers are collectively scaling back EV production plans. This is supposedly due to "weaker-than-expected consumer demand", but that's probably because the average price of a EV is currently higher than the average price of a new ICEV in our...

150 miles of range. 😯

Maybe I'm biased by my own preferences. OK, not maybe. 🙂 I think this attribute of Slate's unique offering is under-appreciated. Their philosophy is to remove everything that isn't essential to a vehicle and let you accessorize from a Blank Slate. This way your Truck will have everything you...

The panels will have what Slate calls a "Dual-Layer Fastening System" to prevent the kind of theft he's fearmongering about.

1) Affordable 2) Simple 3) Small 4) Fun 5) 2-door 6) EV 7) Truck 8) Built in the United States

Sounds like a job for a Cargo Kit and a custom wrap! 🙂

This article says Slate will provide training to RepairPal shops. These shops will be ‘trained on Slate procedures for accessory installation’, and will be ready to ‘provide service and repairs on Slate trucks’. Supercar Blondie: Jeff Bezos-backed Slate will teach your local repair shop how to...