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Close. That tablet would require a Windows version of the Slate app. Gentac's two Android offering apparently cost well over $1,000 and run Android 13 from 2022, which I expect will reach end-of-life Real Soon Now.

IANAP, but with solar charging you could achieve Personal Energy Independence and prepare for disappearance of fuel sources.

Expanding on what @Richard Killian wrote, there are some choices for floor mats and floor liners in the website's Maker: Rubber Floor Mat Insert Carpet Floor Mat Insert Rubber Floor Liner Carpet Floor Liner

I have an example. Just something I noticed recently. I just priced out a used pickup truck for someone and the value of a Bed Extender added a whopping $7.

Two aspects of the Extended Battery I've considered (EV n00b here, remember). It's more weight, which I presume lowers load capacity and it definitely will require more energy per mile. It'll last longer, quite simply because you'll need fewer charge cycles over the lifetime of the truck to go...

Excellent video! Thanks for posting it.

Personally I'll just need something in the middle that the dog can sit on when two people are in the truck.

Another factor is ease of personalization. Don't like the color? Wrap it in a color you prefer. Wish it had (door pockets | upgraded bumper | different ride height | yadda yadda)? Buy the used truck and make it the way you want it. Edit: And you don't need to do the mods right away. That's...

Location Services have never been enabled on my EDC phone, partly for this very reason. I look up the destination, write down how to get there (if necessary), then drive. I also have a 5-inch Garmin GPS (around $25 used) but use it rarely.

Bear in mind that there's more to cost-of-ownership than acquisition price.

I had one in a Honda Prelude. It ate tapes. 😠

I appreciate the reply. Steadfast supporters are, well, steadfast. Likewise, haters gonna hate. I'm just pointing out that the clickbait title, unintentionally I'm sure, does a brain-implant thing that will cause some people -- in particular people who don't watch the video -- to think of the...

I think it makes wrapping in general attractive compared to going commando. A use Slate that has been wrapped from the get-go might be more valuable because the wrap has protected the body panels from accumulating Visible Wear.

I did that. As far as I can tell none of them are explicitly ruggedized to withstand extreme temperatures. The motorcycle one purports to work in scorching heat, but even that doesn't mean it would be able to remain in a vehicle and withstand Arizona heat or (fill_in_the_blank) cold for years.

Unless you're a Mind Reader, don't presume what I notice or don't notice. In this case you miss the mark by a mile. What I'm saying is that potentially millions of people will see "The Slate Will Fail" and that will imprint on their brains. It hurts the cause.

Thanks for posting this! I've been wondering the same thing. Maybe someone will invent a little phone-sized solid-state refrigerator that draws power from the main battery. A FoneFridge! Or a Cooled Console... or something. A ruggedized CarPlay / Android Auto screen could also serve the...

I'm not an expert in Persuasive Speech, but if you want Slate Auto to succeed perhaps there are better video titles besides "The Slate Will Fail" for accomplishing that.

I agree 💯. Embracing a previous owner's visible wear (their Shark Battle Scars) might get in the way of that a bit.

Discussion of the Standard Battery price diverts our attention away from something more important and as-yet unknowable: the price of a Slate Truck plus Extended Battery with any other necessary charges (delivery, mods-installation, ???). If the Tracking List is any indication, Extended Battery...

$27K in the future isn't the same as $27K today. Without a time machine you can't see a marketplace that will exist a year and a half in the future. So I guessed. Then I explained that whatever the prices are for the truck and accessories, turn out to be I hope the prices are low enough to...