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When I mentioned Aptera, was mainly because it's the only active vehicle in development right now that has that technology. Sonos had a similar concept (I wish they would not run out of money back then) or even Lightyear. The point being is that adding some permanent solar panels (and related...

Yes Canada uses metric.

I think Australia will be a great market for the Slate. Right after North America.

The slate does have an option to add a tablet as opposed to a phone. So I'm thinking you can add a third party car screen that support the full Carplay experience. They sell them on amazon for like $120. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQP3CVCD

I was thinking more in terms of Slate licensing Aptera's solar technology. https://aptera.us/licenses-solar-technology/

The idea would be to team up with Aptera to use their tech. Their solar cells are embedded in the body (are very light supposedly) and the MPPT and other electronics are design to be part of the vehicle system. They already have some sort of agreement with Telo and they will offer it as an option.

I'm thinking this could be an option. The current aptera prototype can produce 545W of power from the solar panels in the vehicle body. If the base Slate (with a 52.7 kWh battery and ~150-mile range) had solar panels like the Aptera’s 545W system and sat in full sun for about 6-8 hours a day, it...

I can see the Slate eventually expanding to Europe due to the vehicle size and Australia as the pickup (Ute) market is big there.

I think they sell battery kits for old Leafs that increase the range to more miles than the original battery. So I can imagine this would be possible in the future.

The Rivian Amazon vans are 153 & 161 miles of range. So perhaps 150ish is the magic numbers manufacturers are aiming for these commercial application.

And the irony is that the technology was invented in North America.

I had a Model Y AWD and a Model 3 RWD and the regen experience is about the same in both from the drivers perspective . Not sure if that answers your question.

I'm in too!. Hopefully not too late to not be on the first wave.