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Guess I'm the odd duck in club DWCS who doesn't mind if the shipping date slips a little. If mine isn't ready until Fall of 2027 that's fine with me, mainly because there's a lot of family stuff happening in the first months of the year and I'd like to get past all that personal stuff and be...

Same here. If I can't have my truck, I'd dearly love to have something - manuals, videos, some documentation - to slobber over peruse while I await the actual vehicle. The various YouTube shouters are telling me more about themselves than about the vehicle.

Making the data less useful. Indeed, that's an idea I learned from reading Robert Heinlein (mumblemumble) years ago and put it into practice starting back in the early '90s.

Agreed. Though I'm not an engineer, much of my adult work life was spent in various industrial plants and this guy very much speaks the language. This one interview - annoying host and all - has done more to calm my jitters about buying a Slate than any other video I've watched. And all the...

You make some excellent points in favor of not waiting, especially as I'm not getting any younger. If I want a repairable, simple, safe, pickup without built-in telemetry to fail, you're right; Slate is the only game in town. It's making less sense in my mind to compare this truck to anything...

I don't really have a plan, more like a week to week decision I'm mulling over. But to put some boundary conditions on it: I won't wait ten years. I won't order tomorrow. Within that window - Unless some really terrible news comes out, my guess is that I'll order sometime after the first...

Indeed. And that's why I remain interested but haven't pulled the trigger yet. The biggest risk is that Slate simply won't last as a company. There's a ten-year battery warranty, and a good bumper to bumper warranty as well, but if the company folds in three years, what good is that warranty...

Single cab, two doors, basic truck. That's what I want. EV or ICE, don't care particularly, though I'm intrigued by the electric power since this would be the first EV I'd own. Nothing against large trucks with four doors, but that's not what I like looking at, not what I like driving and...

Her enthusiasm is both evident and infectious.

You're too modest. That's an intriguing thought and would be popular with me. A flatbed could be a terrific DIY platform.

Must be a cool truck because I think I counted him saying "cool" 19 times in a less than 9-minute video. 😆 Love the enthusiasm. 😍

Your observation has merit. While I enjoyed seeing the slate in someone's hands, and I hope the Leno episode got Slate exposed to people who've never heard the name, I can't help but see it as a missed opportunity, or at least one that could have been so much better than it was.

That's a great idea! It would be like having an old two-door Bronco and taking out the back seat. The vanlife crowd might like something like that, too. I can see that space being built out for a camper.

This guy showed range to be significantly affected by aerodynamics with weight almost not a factor:

And the music is annoying. That's it; I'm outta here. :cool:

Pretty simple: I just want a small pickup truck and nobody makes one anymore. I might settle for Ford's Maverick, but it's still too big and too full featured for what I want, which is a small and simple truck whose job is mainly to move me around and only occasionally haul a few sheets of...