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Almost certainly they are. Hence the Bluetooth steering wheel buttons. Same.

The Internet remembers. Search and ye shall find. https://tech.yahoo.com/transportation/articles/slate-truck-know-low-cost-080815456.html The Slate Truck is a simple, electric vehicle made in the United States, with an expected price of just under $20,000, according to its website. Slate Auto...

Maybe attach a lanyard to a "Seatbelt Cutter and Window Breaker" and hang it from your turn indicator. Edit: Mine's spring-loaded with a hardened pointed striker. Keep out of reach of children!

I saw a Craigslist ad with a Jeep that has a similar cover to the one Einer made for me (story below). Mine covered the cab of my Convertible S-10, but it's the same idea.

This is a good observation, and I agree. I just want to point out something in case it's non-obvious. This is according to Natural Law: Market pricing is ultimately is determined by "what the market will bear", not cost of goods sold. Put another way, If Slate's costs go up or down it may...

It's not pessimism, it's observance with some real-world experience mixed in. 've negotiated prices more that most people have because I bought and sold literally millions of dollars worth of goods as a Sole Proprietor of a business for over a decade. Spending Your Own Money (not OPM) tends to...

I'd appreciate if someone can find where she said $25K because I've only seen "mid twenty thousands" and the $27,499 figure that are supposed to be the same thing as one another.

I think it was supposed to be in all new vehicle by MY2027 (or calendar year 2027, maybe). The NHTSA was given three years to "issue a final rule". That time period ended November of last year and it apparently hasn't happened yet. I don't know much about it, other than getting the heeby...

This. They were saying "mid-twenties" and "just under 20K with the incentive" at the same time. It's the kind of thing I notice.

Remember Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, on public radio? Their personal make-up artist was Bud Tugly. Apparently Bud is working in a skunkworks at Ford now. That looks like a Bud Tugly design to me.

Maybe that's the Ford Skunkworks you're smelling.

I asked two AI bots about the mandatory DUI kill switch law. Here's my query: Did the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act include a law that mandates vehicles to detect driver impairment? My wording wasn't so great now that I look at it, but it gets the point across. The first AI bot played...

How far past "passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021" could it go?! It's the law of the land, and it's being implemented.

https://www.slateforums.com/forum/threads/video-the-brilliant-diy-truck-if-it-ever-gets-built-2027-slate-truck-preview.13382/ It has been posted two other times besides that. ProTip If you want to find out if a video has been posted already, search the forum for its unique identifier...

Other than "mid twenties" the only actual stated price from Slate Auto has been $27,499 or thereabouts. Otherwise known as "just under $20,000 with the $7,500 tax credit".

Ford Falcon ute from the mid-2010's

Front view of the compact truck rendering

Somewhere in California there's a smart bar with automotive design geniuses sipping nootropic beverages sharing Small Pickup design ideas. The OG Slate's small-pickup exclusivity won't last. (And it doesn't need to.)

Questioning Slate's viability and extolling the virtues of other vehicles are themes in your posts.