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Now that I think back on this topic, I recall an interview in which the 600 parts were SKUs. Which means parts that Slate has to track in the inventory system for the factory (I'm not sure how service parts would work). So a part is something delivered from a supplier as a unit. And it might...

That was a 2022 window sticker. Here is a 2025 Maverick sticker. Same ratings apply to the 2022, as there were literally no changes to the safety systems. Looks like a mix of 4 and 5 starts. I imagine nobody on this site really cares about Maverick safety ratings, but I just thought the...

That's actually a great question, and I have some pretty solid answers after 4 years on the Maverick site. (1) The best tool I've found is the "ignore" button. When a thread goes south with two or more people just getting into an a "you suck" flame war, the ignore button just blocks that...

You know what really interests me about the group of potential Slate buyers on this forum is how unconventional they seem to be in many ways. It's a very different group than over on the Maverick forum, which is funny, because it seems like we have a lot of Maverick owners here (like me). A...

Oh man, you totally destroyed my sense of automotive coolness. I thought I was the coolest car guy ever because I owned three Miatas, NA, NB, NC, with a 93 RX7 R1 thrown in. But seven! Proud to say my third Miata was passed onto two nieces that learned how to drive a manual in that car. One is...

The title of this thread is absolutely irrelevant. Initial reservations meant only one thing - a modest set of people got excited at the vague promise of a cheap, simple, electric two-door truck. But that was before the facts on the ground suddenly changed. (poor range, poor performance, poor...

I believe one of the Slate engineers let that tidbit slip during Sandy's visit to the Slate factory. My memory isn't that great, but I think that was the source (YouTube, Munro Live). If I remember that bit of the interview, Sandy was gushing over how awesome it was that they didn't need a body...

Well, somebody obsessed with parts count should pose a question to the CEO next week. Ask her to publish a list of the 600 parts on the website. If there's nothing to hide, and no marketing slipperyness at work, Slate should be happy to publish that list. I'm especially curious about the body -...

Autoline After Hours briefly touched on Slate in this week's episode (4 Dec). At the very last minute of the show - in response to a viewer question. The guests were two industry analysts, one a former product planner at GM. Their take was really dour, for what it's worth. They questioned...

On my optimistic side (I am bipolar when it comes to Slate), I am simply hoping that she starts the Q&A session with a basic progress update. You know what would be super cool? If they invite a handful of members from this forum to attend in person. Walk around a prototype and the factory with...

The nice people on this forum attach way too much credence to 100,000 reservations, which were a refundable $50 and taken before the $7,500 credit was revoked. Tesla had a million plus reservations for the Cybertruck, and I think they've barely cracked 50,000. My question has nothing to do with...

You learn something new every day. I was a software engineer for 30 years. I never heard of an "email developer" till now.

A week or two ago I asked the AI how the Slate Auto Series C capital raise was going. AI said no news since the announcement in summer, but offered to check the SEC filings. I declined. That capital raise is every bit as important as all the construction, because without the capital, that work...

I personally can't wait to see Savage Geese get hold of a Slate. They exercise zero restraint. I drive a Maverick, and I loved the Savage Geese review that called my ride "a cheap a-- POS", but then proceeded to title the video "All is forgiven at $20,000". Alas, I paid $30,000 (lots of options...

It is kind of odd that Slate hasn't reached out to Jay for an episode. He's obviously open to driving prototypes. And Slate has surely been in his area several times to date. That's a great suggestion, cadblu.

One cool factoid about the 12v lead-acid battery in your ICE or BEV car.... It's 99.9% recycled material (I'm probably off a few tents of a percent there, but it is 99.x%). Your 12V battery has some recycled lead from the 1950s. BEVs are headed that way, in terms of recycling. Eventually they'll...

They essentially outlast your ownership of the vehicle, and the next buyer's ownership of the vehicle, and the owner after that. I see some links were given above. There is a company call Recurrent that is valuable if you're buying a used BEV (link at bottom). They can assess battery health in...

The trend here seems to be a thirst for concrete information, instead of general guidance and vague promises. I personally try to give Slate a lot of slack on that. They're doing a really heavy lift on a pretty tight schedule. Most OEMs will deliver pricing and detailed ordering information...

Honestly, the Slate news I'm most interested is the results of their C series round of financing. Because Slate has said that's the money that gets them to production. Which sort of, kind of, maybe contradicts what the Slate CEO said earlier in the year (that the $700 million in hand was enough...

I follow AI pretty closely. The models vary widely on accuracy. They're improving all the time (and with stunning rapidity). A lot depends on quality of the training data set, the scope of the training hardware (think the electricity use of a small city, and the budget of most small countries)...