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All of the hand wringing about AWD and 4 doors is completely missing the plot. Targeting the biggest markets from the start may sound smart, but is ultimately a fools errand. The most crowded markets are also the most difficult to successfully break into, even for established manufacturers...

"That comparison should be to a Maverick or a Santa Cruz" = "some arbitrary market segment definition."

Most people looking at Maverick do so because it is a hybrid that happens to have a bed, not because it is a truck that happens to be a hybrid. So the typical comparison of Maverick to Santa Cruz and Ranger is largely BS. Most people looking at Slate do so because it is an EV that happens to...

That's less than 1/10 of what RAV4 sold in the same period, and less than any year of Mustang has ever sold in its entire 60 year history. Considering 7 is an order of magnitude more accurate mathematical approximation of 44k (in automotive terms) than 'a gazillion', don't be too quick to throw...

What is better for raw times is not necessarily better for raw fun. Why? We're not talking open track use. From the system standpoint, an EV is experiencing a few multi-second bursts of WOT, separated by a handful of couple second or less sharp braking events and a bunch of part throttle, over...

Sounds a bit bigger than I want, but I was starting to become intrigued by the RWD/performance focus... Right up until he said " it has a digital experience that no one’s seen— even in China." So like Sync, but worse? :headbang:

I didn't realize 'a gazillion' could mean seven. :giggle:

I agree with being able properly turn traction and stability control off, without them re-engaging regardless of how it's being driven. In addition to autox, I'd also like try hitting up the local drift club too. Like most cars, Slate has a traction control button on the dash. Generally press...

Oh, and for the record: That extraordinary bit of driving in the linked video is very much NOT me. :CWL:

This directly affects few, but indirectly affects everybody. For those that don't want the background, TLDR is at the bottom in bold. For those not familiar with autocross (autox), it's this: The easy answer for ensuring Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) eligibility, which most other clubs...

Because Tesla is so well known for their honest assessments of future product capability, timeline, and price... :giggle:

And a century ago someone in the market for a new car with less than $300 had models to choose from. I guess they want us to just ignore that $25k a decade ago is $34k today.

You must not have noticed where literally every other vehicle with a tailgate (lift or drop) on the road has the backup camera placed, nor considered why that might be. Power locks also means that there's already a 'failure point' electrical connection for the tailgate anyway.

At Stellantis, failure is success. They canceled the electric Ram in favor of the hybrid Ram, because they already have EV's that brick themselves on the way home from the dealership... But they don't have hybrids that do anything beyond getting worse fuel economy than the non-hybrid version.

Yes, it does irritate me when people mocking what they don't understand.

These units were cobbled together from non-production parts, tooling, and engineering... WTF are people expecting to see here? :CWL:

That's a link to how HITCH ratings work, which is just as I stated. The only point of confusion might have been the class vs hitch rating. Yes the individual hitch rating can be lower than the class rating, like the common 350/3.5k on Class III hitches. I don't think I've ever seen that done on...

The fact of the matter is that there simply are no current 'compact economy cars that tow', and the compact economy CUV's basically jump from 0 straight to 1,500+ pounds. The only 1,000 pound exceptions seem to be CRV hybrid and Encore/Trailblazer. So the apples to apples for Slate is really it...

Apparently not. :headbang: Might as well be the "Whose line is it anyway" of towing discussions... Where the capacities are made up and the ratings don't matter. :CWL:

See the first part of post #29 of this thread.