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I had not seen the 2,500 locations quote yet, but I see it on their FAQ page now. The scenario of utilizing the SilverRock network would give access to 10,000+ locations. Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO) (Firestone) has around 2,200 locations so a direct partnership there could make sense...

After looking into things further, I feel that Slate will lean into the investor connection through Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, and investor in Carvana. Carvana uses a third party organization in SilverRock (https://www2.yourvehiclecare.com/process) for their warranty work utilizing...

I really can’t see Walmart associating with anything remotely related to Amazon, and the Bezos relationship would qualify as related to Amazon to me.

I gotta remember to run my posts through AI to not get called out.

I cant remember where I saw it, but I remember seeing that someone connected with Carvana was an investor. If im not mistaken they have nationwide locations and shops for their used cars and would make for a decent repair shop and also an avenue to upfit and delivery new trucks to customers...

Walmart makes sense logistically, but, I do not think I would take mine there for anything major, and if it is minor, ill just do it myself thanks. Id like to see them partner with i.e. Firestone, Goodyear, Christian Brothers, ETC. my local Walmart struggles to get oil changes and tire repairs...

Not entirerly true, there whould be oil in the drive motor, as well as coolant, so the chances are not zero, but much closer to it...

Discounting manufacturing defects is no different than discounting improperly maintained vehicles. The point is that if there is something that can go wrong it will go wrong. The amount of things that can fail in an EV are drastically less than the amount that can fail in an ICE vehicle. There...

I would say that moving parts fail quite often, but i am probably biased since I am in the auto repair business and have been for my entire career... Modern cars are value enginered to be as reliable as possibe until the warranty ends. Just recently GM recalled over 600,000 vehicles due to...

Yes, EVs have moving parts, and thermal considerations. but a comperable ICE counterpart will 10-20 times the amount of moving parts most of them require expensive fluids and filters to be changed several times per year if you plan to keep them moving. The EV motor in the Slate will probably...

No power steering fluid... The slate will have an electric steering gearbox, you can see it in the video with Sandy. so there will be no maintenance here. lots of refridgerant, for the battery and cabin cooling system, no maintenance other than cleaning the condenser, the systems are sealed and...

nothing is maintenance free. but the service intervals are drastically increased. for instance, here is the maintenance recomendations from ford for the Lightning... I suspect that the slate will be similar. tires, cabin filter, washer fluid, wipers, and just inspections for the first few...

just limit the charging to 90% so that you have some room in the battery to store energy and use regen braking down the hill, youll gain a few percent on the way down.

There is a lot of speculation to this, and as tires for EV's begin to get better they will last longer. But basically the vehicles are heavier, so as they turn, stop, accelerate they cause more wear than a comperable non EV. There is also some thought that the regenerative braking causes some...

after watching the monroe video I am less confident that it will be an easy swap... a lot of the equipment under the frunk would need to be relocated. It is probably technically possible, but not probable. I dont need more than 2wd anyways so im not too disapointed.

This is just the tip of the iceburg for the data... I have over 300 assets that I manage I use Fleetio for my information system, but they have some good spreadsheet templates if you are not managing as many vehicles... https://www.fleetio.com/tools/fleet-maintenance-spreadsheet

I manage a fleet for a city near Dallas. We've just started down our EV path, so I don't have much data yet, but I can offer an initial comparison. It's not a perfect one-to-one comparison, but my fleet includes a 2023 F-150 Lightning EV and a 2023 F-150 ICE (2.7L EcoBoost). We have about a...

I say $27,499.99 for the blank slate and small battery... I fully expected the "under $20k" price to be basically 20k, so, $7500 more than that is where i get my number.

I would jump at the chaance to assemble my own, deliver it in a crate, it would probably cost more to have them package it like that though.