Slates $500 wrap quote is for the material. It certainly wonāt cover the application for sure. However, from what Iāve seen if they farm out the application, it will cost less than $3,000.
Personally, this 70 year old is looking forward to good do it yourself project next year. š
One of the question I ask the CEO was about early reservations and when an early day one reservation might be delivered. Below is the response I just received:
Hi Dean,
Thanks so much for submitting your question for our CEO Fireside Q&A. My name is Alysa, and I am part of the Slate team...
To all those that are predicting the demise of the Slate, I want to point out that vehicles that have been canceled or are being converted to something else, like the Lightning of which I own one, letās not look past the cost differential. The Lightning and Cyber truck were announced as...
Seems a little pricey for a vehicle that was announced as affordable. With that additional cost youāre getting into current e-SUV price range.
I was looking for something more toward $3-3.5k.
Regen braking (coasting)! The eltrons generated by the spinning wheel has to go somewhere and when the battery is full there is no place to go. Bad things happen when electricity gets converted to heat. š
Donāt overlook the F150 Lightning. Iāve driven one for nearly 3yrs now and still smile every time I head down the driveway, with the bed full or not.
The latest evaluations being published by the HVB industry indicates the original estimates of battery longevity may have been woefully short. There are some estimates out there that FLPās will retain their 80% capacity for more than 10yrs and 500,000 miles.
Some of the earliest Tesla cars are...