Hey everybody. It occurs to me there won't be very too many holiday days off for the Slate team this year. So I hope it's not too lame for us to all join in on this thread and send our best wishes and sincere thanks to the people at Slate, who are working their tails off to deliver our dream...
I love their approach, and I think they hit the nail squarely. Both Slate and Telo obviously have young people in their social marketing departments. They're both posting funny little shorts that poke fun at larger trucks, show how useful their little trucklets are, and emphasize the "I'm clever...
Tommy share sentiments with a few of us on this forum. We love the idea of the Slate, but we question whether or not there are enough buyers. Remember that it doesn't matter in the least if tghere are 5,000 of us small BEV truck fanboys. What matters is that Slate can sell it at a hundred...
I'm genuinely curious to know the sentiment out there. I've very cautious here, so definitely not a day one, week one, month one kind of guy. But how about you?
https://driveelectricmonth.org/attend
This link is to a map that shows events near you. I've attended this in the past. A bunch of BEV owners parking their cars and happy to talk to you about the BEV ownership experience.
Don't get this thread wrong. I'm a huge Slate fanboy. I want them to succeed. I want a 174" single cab truck sold in the USA.
Show us the finished, production ready truck sometime in 2026, as promised. With everything working. Including the "app".
Test drives for us fanboys are nice. But what...
I did a few searches for keywords before posting this thread. I hope I didn't miss a thread that already suggests this.
I've been thinking about the whole concept of buying a blank Slate, then accessorizing. I'm mildly troubled by the idea of all the original parts going into dumps all across...