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There is different respect for crosswalks in different areas. While visiting Boston I was surprised at how often cars would stop at a crosswalk because I looked like I wanted to cross there. I normally wait until it is clear and then cross when I have the right of way and I am not forcing a...

Per Elon Musk, Grok is the truth seeking AI.

In Georgia it is 4 feet. I have never hauled plywood like this. Always with the tailgate down. Cool that it can sit like that without getting interfered with by wheel wells. If it was thinner plywood, say 1/4 inch, perhaps would have bent badly. I hope the do they Maverick 45 degree position...

So you are saying there is a chance that it is legit?

My guess would be the repair shop wanting the opportunity to do this work.

I have read in so many posts about what the Slate killer will be and it ranges from Maverick to Bolt to Leaf to Equinox to Frontier to Tacoma to used Maverick to Bronco Sport. For me the only vehicle that I would choose over the the Slate is as follows: 1. It has an overall length of 175...

I think it is going to be more Cybertruckesque. Will have more of a fastback profile with a powered tonneau to make the back an open bed. Likely a folding midgate for converting from SUV to Pick-up mode. To me a Sport Trac is still a pick-up so the ‘Not really a pick-up’ statement doesn’t...

Heck, perhaps instead of having 2 choices of standard battery or extended range, they could use LFPs and come in with about a 200 mile range as the only choice in the extended range battery pack.

Whoa that EVSE control box is huge. Slate should just furnish the Tesla Mobile Connector Level 1/Level 2 which retails for $250. I don't think a 120V outlet is going to support that monstrosity hanging from it. The Nissan Leaf included charging cable that was very similar with a huge EVSE...

One plug(pardon the pun) for Level 2, even if you only need Level 1. My Tesla Mobile Charging cable has an adapter so you can do level 1 or level 2. In level 2, about 92% of the electricity dispensed from the outlet results in electricity added to the battery. So if you dispense 10 kWh of...

The Monroney sticker on an EV doesn't really make sense. I looked at my Nissan Leaf and it says it 99 MPGe Highway and 123 MPGe City or 111 MPGe combined. Does a consumer know what that means? What is important to me is how many miles I can go on a kWh. In smaller print it reads 30 kWh per...

Since the rating is a combination of city and highway driving, I would think most people that are biased towards highway driving are likely to beat that number and the people that are biased towards city driving are not going to beat it. I did have a Kia Sorento that was involved in the...

Re:licensing autonomous technology. The fact that they don't offer lane centering it would seem that they don't have the hardware to allow software to provide inputs for steering. Perhaps down the road they could explore adding that functionality.

I was partially right, I see a Meineke that is in my town that is part of the RepairPal network.

I think I would still prefer the LFP if it was 200 mile range versus the NMC at 240.

Interesting. I wondered who owned all the batteries. Even if the vehicle owner owned 1 battery, someone would have to own the pool of spares so that there could be a freshly charged battery to swap in to your car. I suspect this set-up had a lot more appeal when DC fast charging was 50 kWh...

Don't forget the Bolt with an LFP pack at $30ish. A lot of the doom and gloom is coming from legacy Auto that hasn't sold a BEV for a profit. They are trying to rationalize their decision to pullback as it is a market based decision and maybe if they forecast it enough then the public will...

I wonder if this is the same truck that was in DC the prior weekend. Just a new wrap on it.

I am not aware that they have said one way or another but I would assume that it is. It would be a major drawback if it wasn’t. Even the Tesla Model Ys that have a structural battery pack, the pack is removable for repair or replacement.

I don't think you are screwed. I would submit there will be replacement battery packs to install in your Slate 15 years from now. Right now there are shops setting up to do battery replacements. There is a shop not far from where I live that buys batteries out of Nissan Leafs that are totaled...