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I believe deliveries will be based on order placement with deposits starting in June. The $50 reservation only allows you to place an order after you put down a deposit. So, be ready to deposit and get in line if you want an early one.

Christian is awesome, i have a few conversations with him about the truck now, at GFX last year, and when i got to see the truck at a fleet demo earlier this year. He came from Ford and brings a lot of knowledge to the Slate Fleet team.

Crazy that he just posted this video yesterday, he talks a lot about how cities are already using sensors and AI to control traffic to improve intersections. Worth a watch Side note: I have some limited exposure to traffic control systems, specifically a system that we install on our...

☝This guy bureaucrats!

I don't see why you couldn't order it with windows; they will for sure be producing them for the SUV kit, but time will tell on that one.

I hate that response from ChatGPT and Gemini as well; they are large language models programmed to provide an answer, even if fabricated, and they are so often entirely not factual and should be questioned and reviewed for accuracy. This is a different kind of "AI" than what should be used in a...

I hear what you're saying, and I appreciate your experience and expertise. However, I don't think it needs to be that complicated, at least not yet, if ever. Cars have the advantage of being able to pull over, slow down, stop, or change speed much faster than planes. This offers more options if...

No, they look like aftermarket wheels from rotiform, you can almost make out their logo in the center cap... no doubt they make wheels that will fit the slate. they look awesome https://www.rotiform.com/products/wheels/aerodisc

I was told, by the Slate Fleet team that they will offer a no window, no seat, no roll bar top that will convert the truck to something more like a cargo van. like the one pictured on their fleet website. We didnt talk pricing, but i assume that it would be significantly cheaper than the SUV...

I’m with you on that. Even small, incremental improvements save lives every day. I’ve seen countless crash videos on Reddit that could have been avoided entirely with just basic sensors, a camera, and a little bit of compute. Regulation is already moving in that direction. The NHTSA is pushing...

I agree that there is a significant amount of work ahead to reach that theoretical point, but the momentum is already there, and I suspect it will happen faster than many expect. The comparison to air traffic is weak at best. Ground traffic is fundamentally different and doesn't require the...

to be fair, there are 2 turning lanes, and the vehicle navigated the intersection safely... highly illegally, but safely. In a world where the vast majority of autonomous vehicles are on the road, there will not be a need for traffic lights and all traffic flow will look like this. Its an old...

California is making some good progress on how to deal with the Autonomous Vehicles. Texas and other states are watching closely and will probably copy paste a lot of regulations. I just hope that CA can do it right.

When there is no driver, Waymo gets the ticket. The city of Austin recently had a meeting discussing this process, which is complicated and time-consuming. Here is a video of the Austin Public Safety Committee discussing recent events in Austin and how they issue citations to driverless...

in my opinion eventually, all roads will be for autonomous vehicles only... Until then, they are being trained to drive right next to you and me, on public roads, every day. You can watch the Aurora truck drive for itself, and also see what it sees. I sometimes put these livestreams on while...

Honestly, it’s already happening faster than most people realize. Waymo is scaling like crazy—they're on track to hit 20 cities by the end of the year And if you’re in Texas, you’re already sharing the road with Aurora's driverless semi trucks moving freight daily between here and Phoenix or...

Self-driving cars will eventually improve overall road safety statistics. Currently, they are in their infancy, but within a few years, they will become a dominant mode of transportation. This will be especially true when "smart" self-driving cars can communicate, alerting each other to the...

we dont know exactly how much the parts are going to cost for the slate specifically, but in general brake parts for EV's are going to be cost comparable to an ICE vehicle of the same weight and performance. I expect the parts for the Slate to be on the more affordable end though.

I agree, brake pads should last significantly longer on an EV. it is weird, i was just trying to make sense of it.

It might be by design, the Porsche does not have "one pedal" driving (https://gearjunkie.com/motors/car-suv/porsche-explains-regenerative-braking) so that the driver can feel more connected when using the brake pedal. Porsche and Audi are part of the same parent company (Volkswagen Group), so...