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Was it a Prius? Our Prius C original 12V battery lasted 14 years!

This is about the 12V battery. I don't expect Slate to put extra impediments in the way of normal maintenance like other carmakers. (Remember that thread where some guy needed expensive software to replace the brakes on his Ioniq 5?) If Slate offers any ability at all to replace/upgrade the...

Openpilot seems to have synergy with Slate -- they both have the do-it-yourself thing going on. https://comma.ai/openpilot https://comma.ai/shop/comma-four

The car I wanted before the Slate was an EV version of our Prius C. It's the perfect form factor for us. The Bolt comes closest, but is a bit big, and I trust Toyota quality more than Chevy. Maybe the forthcoming Corolla EV will be available as a hatchback. But of course, it won't have the...

Only terrible compared to expectations, I think. IIRC the EPA rating was 37 MPG at a time when the Prius was 50 MPG, which was disappointing for me.

Do people typically get to sit in it at these events? They show the prototypes that are not necessarily production equivalents right?

Seems like a great move for Ms. Yeager. She basically gets to do the same job for the third time, learning from whatever mistakes she undoubtedly made along the way. And for Slate: the number of people who have had success as leader of sales at multiple startup car companies in the USA can...

Looks like there might be room to the left of the steering wheel for a cell phone mount. That would be nice. I wonder how many recessed storage cubbies you could put in the spots where those blank plastic pieces are on the dashboard. Who is going to be able to fit the most cupholders into...

I can think of lots of tech that I would not want society to use for that purpose. The first that comes to mind is Terminators.

Terrible and terrifying. I wonder what the smallest, least-impactful way to comply with these regulations will be. I suppose they need to be finalized first. I anticipate a market for defeat devices.

* inexpensive * not big * ev * ease of repair/modifiability * minimalist design philosophy I don't actually need a truck, but nobody seems to be making this in any other form. Maybe the Slate 2 will be a 4 door hatchback.

I don't agree that "this reduces the rear driver's cognition of those signals." No matter how close you drive to the car ahead of you, it's still ahead of you, and the driver's side rear light is always nearly directly ahead of the following driver's seating position. The one situation where I...

My family got a Taurus with power windows when I was a teenager. Then after I moved away to college they really splurged and got a Windstar! That was useful with all the moving back and forth. I'm trying to remember if our 2001 Prizm had power windows. Googling tells me it was an option but...

I am not much of a car modder, but I would be interested in learning what type of noise dampening is possible to add after the fact. If/since the body panels will be removable, that could increase the possibilities.

I mean... has the third brake light ever been useful? Going back to when it was first mandated in the 80's or 90's or whatever, it's seemed superfluous to me. Maybe useful in case one of your tail lights + brake lights goes out, so that someone behind you doesn't think you're a motorcycle...

Normally when I see "the one thing that could cause X to fail" posts my mind goes immediately to nuclear war (or in general any sort of apocalypse.) So now I guess there are two things.

What's your take on sodium ion batteries in your industry? From the outside it looks like they're going to revolutionize everything.

Bolt is only an option for people willing to put up with power windows. For everyone else, it simply can't compete with Slate's no-electricity-required window technology.

Yeah I don't actually need a truck, but I want a small EV and I love the Slate minimalistic philosophy, so I can put up with it being a truck. And occasionally I might use the bed. Maybe this time it'll be the car I own long enough to someday get collector plates for.

I feel like all roads lead to a used Bolt for me. I'd love a Telo but for that kind of money I could buy a used Bolt and a couple years of college for the kid. (And if Slate fails I'm not optimistic about Telo.)