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  1. Luxrage

    Why Doug DeMuro Thinks the Slate Truck Will Fail

    I'm in the same boat so I'll give you my answer. I grew up on coupes and small two-door pickups and have always favored the look of things like Broncos, Blazers, etc over their four door equivilants. I think two just looks better purely from an aesthetic standpoint, getting in and out of rear...
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    Suggestion: DIY Delivery Center @ Slate Plant in IN

    I wouldn't be surprised if the early Slates are delivered via a third party shipper. I used them once for a car I bought in Pennsylvania that was being shipped to Texas and they just had me meet them at the local Wal-mart and dropped off my car there. Would have been a dream delivery had they...
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    Alternative spare tire option / location for pickup truck variants

    That's what I am thinking, probably adapters for NACS to whatever the older standard was, or the 120V cable for plugging in normal outlets.
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    Do we know if Slate is on this forum?

    I went back to the builder and found there's auxiliary power toggles that are plug and play for adding accessories now available, another thing we've had a thread for.
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    What was your first vehicle?

    '94 Thunderbird V8. Fast, smooth, a great luxury car. Grandfather was a freshly retired engineer at Ford's engine plant and told me it was the best car Ford had ever made. The power dimming rear-view mirror lives on in my LTD. It was a great car and I loved the looks, but it had the creakiest...
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    Share your Slate build configuration images!

    Yeah, I am on Android but I am just using Chrome on it. I started with a default slate and now I can't get it either. I think they may have broken something with the editor. I did my Slate design on the second day of the site being up and they've changed a bunch of things since.
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    Steering system

    My 2011 Fit has electric power steering and it is a pretty solid feeling setup. Tilt would be a major benefit, I would think from scratch they'd be designing that into it. Certain years of Lincoln Town Cars had a slider for power steering boost, so you could go from floaty 70s to somewhat...
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    Delivery to your home no matter where you live (confirms Slate Auto)

    I'm in the same boat, Slate says they'll have service facilities, I'd rather pick it up there. Tesla does a pre-delivery inspection and general walkaround and how-to* of the vehicle when you pick it up. Would be nice to at least see who's working on it and where if something does happen. *I...
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    Alternative spare tire option / location for pickup truck variants

    I would even be cool with one in the bed if it came with a nice hard-plastic cover: I'll be fine with anything but the LandRover-style hood mount!
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    Sound bar - factory mounting location under dashboard

    I was thinking back to one of my older cars, there were some companies that were making center consoles with speakers built in. It dawned on me now that I didn't see any cup holders when I was looking around at interior shots.
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    Double Din Car Stereo Aftermarket Head Unit / Radio Capable (confirmed by Slate CEO)

    It really burns me that google axed Android Auto as a standalone app on the phone back in 2022 or so. I used to use it for road trips all the time in my LTD. It's not like it did anything a modern phone wouldn't do. It just put the interface you see on your radio on the phone instead. Would have...
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    Slate Truck (Pickup / SUV) Pricing, Specs, Range, Dimensions, Safety

    201 horsepower... that's the highest of anything in my fleet by almost 40hp LOL Top speed of 90 is good, but I have regularly seen people on the highways here hit that as a pack of cars so I'll be finding out how the limiter works very quickly.
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    Share your Slate build configuration images!

    It shows up on a Slate that I designed, but I think that color wrap option only shows up on the phone-site version. When I click on it on the desktop site it just says "custom wrap" and the edit button doesn't do anything on mine.
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    Another pessimistic viewpoint video - "Is the Slate Truck a Winner... or a Total Flop in the Making?"

    Honestly I'd rather be told nothin but bad news and then end up with a normal product than be sold a ton of hype and end up with something far under expectations. I'd hate to use the Cybertruck as an example but I follow their forum and it sucks seeing their range extenders cancelled, people...
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    Pathways For Accessory Cables

    I just hope they are keeping an eye on the forums, or whoever wins that 'visit' is a real blabbermouth and keeps brining up what we need lol Some of this stuff would make our lives a lot easier!
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    Pathways For Accessory Cables

    True, just give me some cable run points, a fairly easy way to get to them, and I'll be set. I need at some way to get to the roof for 12V power for Dashcam, etc.
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    Slate Make-Off Design Contest: Winner gets trip to Slate HQ to meet the design team

    I knew my bare-basic design wasn't gonna turn any heads lol
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    Slate Tour Events - Locations / Dates

    ^ I'm really hoping they do a Texas tour sometime soon. Between Dallas/Ft.Worth, San Antonio, and Austin, there's a huge truck and EV buyer base here. Honestly the best Supplier for aftermarket power dimming mirrors would be Gentex, they're made in Zeeland, MI and provide either their generic...
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    Sound bar - factory mounting location under dashboard

    I really want to know how the speakers are going to be mounted / what kind. It's hard to compete with speakers built into the doors for using that door cavity for bass. My truck has little 4'' speakers mounted under the dash and they're tinny little things.
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    Secret Slatelet dash badge page - download 3D print Slatelet

    As someone who dislikes the Jeep duckies... but loves the Subaru lifestyle badges, I'm torn on this one lol. I love the idea of printing your own though, clip and all! I'd love to use that little clip base and print a pen holder or something for the Slate with it.
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