$28k still well within my budget. This will be a 100% 120 mile daily commute vehicle. Work will have ev chargers in the parking lot, if needed, the house has 10.2kW solar, and a buddy giving me his old L2 7kW charger as he got a Wolfbox unit given to him to test. Down here in the world of Teslas...
Properly aligned mirrors, in addition to convex mirrors and turn signals are useful when you use them. It's easier to turn your head, look over your shoulder, then signal your intention to change lanes. IMO drivers rely too much on tech vs common sense.
With Slate not having local dealerships, direct to consumer sales, the chance of getting any state rebate deduction, not living in that state will be nil. The previous example was with a previous model year on-hand unit, and the dealer adjusting the out the door price with the incentives to move...
Just remove your Alpine digital cassette deck, and take it along with you with the built in handle, maybe even put it in the bag with your car phone. Also, don't forget your Ray-Bans, gotta look cool when not with your wheels.
AutoNation dealer I spoke to in Colorado reduce the cost of the vehicle by the rebate amount, and then claimed the tax credits, respective of new/used rebate on their end. Sounded like that was a tactic most used to help move ev inventory. There were specifics though, it had to be under $35k...
There's still opportunities for state EV credits with these states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon. My original plan was to purchase in Colorado, to get both state and federal, as my new home state of Texas has no state incentives...
My plan is to commute with this truck 120 miles a day. My first truck also had roll down windows. I don't want or need fancy, I just want a truck, EV, quirky and modular, plus the 6'10" MT reviewer fit comfortably in it, so I'm pretty sure it'll work for me, I'm 5" shorter.
You can add different doors, tube, half, no doors, same with tops, soft, half soft, hard top, no top, fold down the windshield for the main bits. The rest of mods are the same you can do on other vehicles.
I'm currently driving a niche modular vehicle, Jeep Gladiator, and I've talked more people out of a gladiator than into one, because people have an unrealistic view of what they can do with it. The people who are seriously looking at the Slate, know exactly why, and what it's use will be for...