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Yeah, read that. Who said anything about using standard off the shelf Warn manual hubs?

But a Mavrick, according to Ford, does not have a subscription fee, only the Mach E, Explorer, and Super Duty trucks have Ford Connect as a subscription. And since the Slate has no connectivity whatsoever, even if a Maverick had the connectivity package one would not have to buy it and they...

But 4WD is not just for snow. I use mine in 4WD just on my property alone that is a mountain, in the summer. And traditional 2WD American pickups are lousy in the snow without adding weight in the bed. 4WD pickups are far better in the snow.

California is the exception where home electrical rates are far above the national average and EV charging infrastructure is less expensive.

Great comment! Manual locking rear hubs is the perfect solution. Manual Locking hubs like 4x4 trucks forty years ago had. Slate should make Locking hubs one of their DIY options. Well done, Sir!

What I really liked was her comment regarding the 50/50 weight balance. I think I lot of us were thinking (hoping) because of the prospective battery placement, the chassis balance would be 50/50. It's great to get that confirmation. As one who has been driving cars for 30+ years from a...

I said some of those things. I don't own a Mavrick. I test drove one and did not like it. If I were to replace my pickup truck today, I'd get a Nissan Frontier 2-door extended cab. No one has made a good argument that the Maverick is not a competitor with the Slate Truck. The, "It's not an...

I just didn't like the whole approach because it didn't seem to be taken seriously, especially after Slate initiated the idea the CEO answer queries from reservation holders. I'm glad I did not ask the few questions I have regarding the business plan. I'm sure they would not have been taken...

I have to say she didn't win me over. She was condescending and trying to be cute (but was nerdish). She came across as really not wanting to be there answering (stupid) questions. Yes, most people cannot write well, but the raw questions should have been edited to read better so to avoid the...

I had the exact same reaction.

My wife and I like driving around without the radio on too, but I so enjoy ICEV sounds (gear whine especially). A super quiet EV might be too silent. Hopefully the Slate will have some decent wind noise. Just sayin'

Yup, me too; I have mine already planned out component-wise. Just need to see what Slate/aftermarket comes up with for dash mounts. Best is, Crutchfield HQ is less than an hour away from me.

Exactly what I have been saying for months. Deciding to go with a manual crank mechanism (which needs to be sourced from Brazil) and designing the electrical system and door internals to also fit an optional electric window drive mechanism adds engineering cost and complication to the design...

Go back, re-review the 28-minute Slate reveal video on Slate's website. You'll then understand why you are wrong and I am right.

In my case it was a plant outside of Baltimore, Maryland. It was the drop hammer building. A drop hammer is just what it sounds like, I giant hammer that hammers metal into shape. The building housed several steam-operated hammers, the one I was working on was a 20T hammer to add an in-ground...

And getting the production parts of all the MIC plastic body panels from the supplier(s) has some significant lead times as well.

The way I see this process is Slate designed the manufacturing line and ordered production equipment well in advance of finding and buying/leasing the building space (in Warsaw). Site prep lead time was/is the big unknown they had, because as they reported, a lot of the concrete floor within...

Great post. I too was part of a team that recently (beginning in 2007) implemented a national transportation surveillance network as a new "disruptive technology" to an existing legacy system. What we as a team accomplished was extraordinary. I too found it exhilarating as well as...

But the original Saturn spaceframe/plastic panel platform only lasted barely 11 years (MY 1991 to 2002). The original spaceframe architecture (derived from the original Pontiac Fiero platform) was a standalone architecture from the rest of GM's corporate products and was the basis for Saturn's...

Agree. The problem with the EV market is two-fold, (1) Tesla and (2) EV enroute charging. They are kind of interrelated. (1) Tesla was the first full-fledged EV manufacturer with no legacy ICEV vehicle fleet. That meant Tesla had no ICEV customers to keep happy, which gave it free reign...