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"...effort to comply". Comply to what? It is science and technology AND economics, which is where the politics (i.e. policy) comes into it. Policy (politics) comes in as a forcing function because science (chemistry and physics) can't make the technology affordable.

Toyota and Nissan do sell 2-door trucks. Yeah, they are extended cabs with small coach doors and rear jump seats, but essentially a 2-door cab with a sizeable 6-foot bed. We'll have to see how well a small cab with a 5-foot bed sells. If I ran Slate, I'd make the bed 6-feet. The Maverick...

At some point the crumpling has to stop.

I'm not sure what is wrong with Bluetooth, it is ancient technology but ubiquitous and of course has been updated over the decades. These days digital audio streaming bit rates allow virtually lossless music transfer. The OP must not have a recent cell phone as it is rare for a current cell...

My brother was a early adopter of the 1984 Pontiac mid-engine Fiero. Long story short, he fell asleep at the wheel late one night and put the Fiero headfirst into a tree. Good engineering from GM, they built the Fiero with a magnesium beam at the base of the windshield as part of the front...

Agree! In my view the Dakota really started the mid-sized pickup revolution. And it was great you could get a V8 in it.

I was replying to the OP's comment: "My takeaway: You may recall this is the same guy, CEO Tim Kuniskis, that told CNBC that he didn’t think buyers would spring for the most basic versions of the Slate truck. The real answer is, they cannot compete with Slate and avoiding ev technology...

Shit, I should have asked... was it a VW Golf? :CWL:

When seasoned buyers of pickup trucks see the word RAM, what they don't expect is a truck that hauls just 1,400 pounds and tows just 1,000 pounds. They expect a real truck.

Wad of electrical tape on the busted end?

Zero new news in that article.

Let's hope.

From the FAQ, "Soon, we’ll be hitting a town near you. Reservation holders will get an exclusive first chance to sit in a Slate. Beginning in 2026, we’ll have vehicles available for demonstration drives." I'm still not reading that as "customer test drives".

So, the takeaway here is Slate WAS depending on their low price being underpinned by the US Taxpayers. This supports my point I've made in other threads that the Federal tax credit is a hinderance to good engineering to reduce component cost on the part of manufacturers. Now, does this...

Like many, I was in the same situation with the Bronco. I reserved in 2020, then ordered in 2021, then reordered in late 2021, and then... waited. In late 2020 Ford did a Bronco tour where us Reservationists got a chance to personally look at a few Broncos of different trim levels. The East...

I'm pretty sure the Slate will come with a sawed-off broomstick handle in keeping with the 1970's manual windows theme. I needed a stick to keep the hatch up on my 1973 Pinto, so no biggie for me. Pro tip: Use rubber tips from a cane on both ends of the broomstick for better grip.

Well, if they were building an F-140...

I'd take that in a heartbeat.

So, you'd have to charge two EVs at every stop...

Maybe just a Jetski... :CWL: