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I am wondering, if maybe there will start to be changes to those lease buyout offers. If you can turn the car in and turn around and buy the same model in the same condition for less off the used lot, even at the same dealer, they might have to start sweetening the buyout deals even if only to...

I think with the lower truck cost, even lower relative to Tesla than it looks due to inflation, and more developed charging infrastructure, there may be a higher conversion rate than some expect. Sure it won't be 100%, probably not very close, but the lower price puts it closer to a casual...

Ok, after some digging, it looks like the law (The Automobile Information Disclosure Act) doesn't directly spell out that the fee has to be normalized, but it does say that delivery has to be clearly listed on the window sticker. This is the same law that requires window stickers in the first...

Do you have any references to destination fees not being required to be normalized? Every search I've done has found the opposite. Not quite sure on the legality of buying in Indiana, I've seen the same but, it appears Rivian is able to sell online to Indiana customers.

Likely wouldn't save you anything, if there is a destination fee, those are by law "normalized" so everyone pays the same.

My read of page 4 of https://theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/accii-zev-lez-reg-update-nov22.pdf seems to indicate that lower range vehicles don't earn credits, but also are not counted towards a manufacturer's requirement. Even if they were, for 2026 the requirement is only a 35% credit...

I think they may keep the volume so low that it won't be an "it" anything because it will be so rare to see one in the wild. Hype will run down if they can't get them on the street in sufficient numbers.

I wouldn't count on Telo, their plan is to move slow, and even when they do start selling, sell in small numbers.

For me it's: 1. low cost 2. EV 3. Truck 4. Small, partly because large would likely kill the low cost, and cost more to charge. If I have to, I'll shop a used EV, there is still an incentive here for those, but I'd like to have a truck bed so I could do things like bring home some lumber for a...

I expect that we will have test drive opportunities and detailed specs before they even start converting. Probably the earliest for test drives would be in a few months, could be 6 months out, as they will be produced on the line that should be complete but not running yet based on interviews. I...

I really don't think they will even attempt converting reservations to orders until within a few months of delivery, and with targeted delivery "by the end of the year" I think Q1 and Q2 are out. Whether they start converting to orders Q3 or Q4 probably depends on what "end of the year" ends up...

Tax time this year would be really early to be converting reservations to orders, the earliest I can see that happening would be in the summer, if at that point they have test driveable units out at events, and deliveries are on track for early Q4, then they may start offering for people to...

There were some threads, we don't have answers yet.

Straight truck is all they are making. Choice of 2 battery options. I suppose if battery cells are a bottleneck they may start with standard batteries, if at the time they are manufacturing they basically have a glut of cells, they go the opposite way. So that could be 50/50 whether one choice...

The problem with comparing to tow specs of older cars is it wasn't standardized at all until 2008, and until it went into full effect manufacturers could say anything they thought wouldn't get them sued or cause damage they would have to cover under warrantee. So sure, they could say you could...

I really don't think they will put months later reservations ahead of first days reservations, unless it is just to finish off a load of trucks going to that location. I am day 3 or 4, not going to bother checking now, and yeah, that may put me months later in actually getting the truck, though...

That part of the test is a 7% grade, average 5% and a 11.4 mile drive gaining 3020 feet. How does that compare to other real world hot weather grades? In phoenix sure it's hotter, but it's also flat. I looked up the grade in my area which is considered challenging for trucks, and it's a...

Yeah, wonder if Slate is going to try to get the law amended, or challenge in court, or just start by selling outside of states like that and let the states worry about missed sales tax income when purchasers give a for example non Indiana address and change the laws on their own.

That might just complicate things for them, as they would have to staff that location for it, rather than just rely on the already existing staff at whatever the existing partner location is.

While it's possible they could use Amazon or any other shipping and fulfillment company, it's a matter of whether they have the facilities and space for actual vehicles, and transferring them to customers on site, and doing the paperwork needed, and can they do that cheaply and efficiently...