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If you are able to show a substantial savings in maintenance and operating costs then perhaps it will be an easier sell the the city council as it would make it easier to balance their budget.

That seems like a pretty big market with all these municipalities having so many vehicles for various jobs. Didn’t even think of that one.

The below is my opinion and not based on any actual knowledge or information that has been shared by Slate. I think the curb weight of the vehicle with standard battery and extended battery will be comparable so there will be no difference in towing or payload. I am expecting them to announce...

If you are willing and able to share I’m sure a lot of us would be interested in what your fleet use case interest is as well as others that were in attendance of the fleet event.

Then perhaps they are using the same regulator both sides so it will be intuitive on drivers side and backwards on passenger.

It was good to see that rotating forward was down and rotating backwards was up. Hopefully it is like that on the drivers side as well.

A bench would be completely different.

That would be cool if the forward lever is one of those crank levers for seat cushion up or down. I assume it has a metal bar in front of the cushion for fore/aft. With video saying it was designed for 5'5" to 6' something I was concerned that my 5' wife wouldn't be able to operate. Perhaps...

Good catch. Bought a 2026 in December of 2025. Fixed it.

I watched the video as well and I think that one of the issues that they didn't recognize is what caused the uptick in leases. The EV tax credit incentivized buyers to lease especially when their income prevented them from qualifying for the EV tax credit. I'd bet that many of these leases are...

I'm thinking that the stake sides are not going to be an accessory available for the consumer. Seems too fragile to me. It looks like 1x2s that would snap off with not much lateral loading. Also, needs to have a transverse section to protect the back window. It does look cool though.

I wonder if the complaint is really aimed at adaptive cruise control and not 1PD. When I use autopilot (ACC)on my Model 3 in bumper to bumper traffic it can be quite jerky. Every time the car recognizes that the car in front of you has moved forward it accelerates harder than I would and then...

As a former Nissan Leaf owner I take no offense to your statement ‘meh transportation appliance’

Well keep in mind that Ford is not profitable on the Mach E and would like to get to profitability. If the frunk is not valued by most and they can save $100 bucks by excluding it then they are $100 closer to profitability. Additionally, let’s say 20% of the buyers the frunk is an important...

Perhaps a small solar array?

Another take on the Ford EV Pick-Up. This might be where the 240 mile range estimate came from. This one speculated that the track of the rear wheels is narrower than the front wheels and hypothesized that it may have rear fender skirts like the original Ranchero. Oddly the Slate EV forum is...

I think that is an unanswered question. I believe they discussed towing in the inside EVs podcast but Alan didn’t say one way or the other. Every pick-up that Ford makes is rated to tow. However, in the US the Ford Mach E is not rated to tow.

I love road tripping in an EV. I cannot drive for 280-300 miles without stopping though. I need to stop every 2-3 hours for a bio break. I haven't road tripped my Model Y yet but on my Model 3 for every 100 miles of trip the car will need about 10 minutes of charge time. So on a 600 mile...

This is astonishing that Congress approved such a misguided tax credit. I am thankful it got killed. So people that perhaps had a $5k tax burden were able to collect the full $7500 and so had a negative tax burden while folks that had a $75k federal tax burden were denied the ability to buy...

If you have to take your foot off the gas and jump on the brake isn’t it very similar to an ICE vehicle in that situation? Been driving EVs for 8 years and have no complaints on 1 PD driving. Like Beatle stated, if the regen is too aggressive then modulate the throttle longer. I think the...