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This news encourages me about Slate's financial viability. The in-house loan arms of existing automakers are basically banks that print money for them. Hopefully Slate can get in on that racket too. 24% interest sounds about right for "we actually approved 100% of applicants." I've never...

I see the appeal from both sides. Being an early fleet adopter means you probably get a price deal, and your comments to Slate will carry a lot of weight. I personally know a local pizza place owner who has custom pickup-based pizza delivery vehicles with ovens on the back. They were based on...

This is true, but we were also in a post covid price spike during that time. In 2022 I sold my 2018 RAV4 for almost as much as I originally paid for it. I love the idea of "battle scars" on my vehicles. If done in a way that doesn't compromise the vehicle (such as ignoring rust) to me it says...

If we speculate logically, why do people sell vehicles after a small number of years? Maybe they are early adopters and there's another new shiny thing on the horizon; this could apply to Slate. Maybe they got a lemon. Maybe their needs suddenly change. Maybe they don't like it after all...

What are peoples' predictions about the used market? Assuming Slate as a company survives and doesn't turn into a Fisker type situation. One debate I have is, buy right away or wait 3-5 years and hope to find one for $15k or less.

Maybe the three of us could carpool! Oh, wait.

I just got the email a few minutes ago telling me that I'm now in the Q2 crew. So if you haven't been notified, maybe you just haven't been notified yet.

Relevant to fit for differently-sized people, one of the reviews that came out today mentioned a telescoping steering wheel, which will help.

I am nominally OK with buying without a test drive. I'm average height and I know that the Slate will drive differently than my current vehicle. I expect visibility to be dramatically better than every car I've purchased since 2012 because the rear window is so close to the driver and...

Confirmed, the final price will have two digits, then a comma, then three more digits!

Anybody know what the official ground clearance actually is? I wasn't able to find it anywhere. I generally prefer lower but I also prefer to not go to a lot of trouble changing things, so I expect I'll probably stick with the default. Plus my subdivision has these stupid pseudo-curbs in...

My plan was to wait for Slate to be out for a while before buying, to give them a chance to get the bugs out. But the wife is even more enthusiastic about getting one than me, so we put in a reservation this morning. Will we convert? Well... more conversations need to be had. I think the...

That guy's driving a Slate? He's not compensating for anything.

Only thing I can think of is because a Slate has a lot fewer wires. Fords have those fancy buttons on the doors that make things happen. And twice as many doors, too.

150 miles would not give me range anxiety; my daily driver is a 10+ year old EV with less than half that, and I charge at home. I would rather get the extended range anyway, regardless, because I don't know what the future holds and maybe I'd want to use it for day trips or something. If it's...

Agreed. Once upon a time my son was at the age where watching atomic bomb videos on youtube was fun. We watched one together, and then I said, guess where our minivan was made? Hiroshima!

It's not too late for them to say "25k? That's the ER version! We're taking a page from Rivian and shipping the expensive trim first."

I'm only a few hundred miles away from Warsaw, IN. I would happily take a road trip to pick up my new Slate.

I choose not to assume! The four-door three-row F150 Raptor Tremor with 3' bed and snorkel kit is next.