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Out of curiosity did some googling on some owners forums for comparison: The only official one I could find was Ford says the static weight limit of the tailgate on a modern Ranger is 485lb. F150 owners say 600. Honda Elements are 400lb, and it looks like 90s rangers are 250lb. S-10 owners on...

My car friends and my 350+ person DFW car club I'm in all know about it, but that was partly my doing not shutting up about it. I do see Slate's name pop up from random commenters in random automotive articles talking about EVs or trucks, so it's gaining some online spread. Slate has done no...

The Slate will be the Fiero of the truck world. What super-car trucks would people be converting Slates into? Mitsubishi Pajero Evos or AMG G-Wagons?

I remember from, I believe, it was a Top Gear segment where they submerged a car in water to show how to get out. Richard Hammond had a hard time not panicking and he trained for it AND had an air supply available. Edit:

I looked around at some of the other trendy-designed EVs and some oddball cars and couldn't find one. Heck, part of what I had read about the Subaru SVX's window-in-a-window design was so they COULD roll all the way down for the driver:

Looking at all of the random Slate appearances, and that video touting the crank windows with the muscle-armed lady, that's looking like it's gonna only go that far down. That's as low as the window ever is in any of the other pictures and videos.

I'm in the middle between a standard and extended range. I calculated the longest 'errand' trip I would possibly take and it is 180 miles. With the Standard range that's one charge session in the middle. Not terrible, and there's chargers in some decent spots. Comes down to that trip vs. lugging...

It's the peak of summer so I'm guessing these are stress test models for how getting roasted in the Arizona sun treats the batteries and motor setup.

Adding to this that Holley and a few other companies now make LED sealed beams that look identical to the original style and (from what I've seen with a friend who put them in his Land Cruiser) out perform the sealed beams by a mile. With proper redesigned reflectors that don't throw light...

I'm hoping they're really really bright. I put LED reverse bulbs in my LTD and it made a world of difference.

Gimme one of these!

I'd have to look at the Munro video again when they look at the underside of a Slate but I bet it has mounting points for a hitch. Wouldn't make sense not to include those from the start. Update: I don't see anything but a suspicious square molded into the bumper. Bet that you'd have to cut...

I'm surprised Slate hasn't leaned into that one. With crank windows, no radio, you're raw doggin' every trip. It's always fun to see Raw Dogging from that Seinfeld Episode or random other older stuff gain traction again. You never know what is all of a sudden get rediscovered. All of a sudden...

Gives me Trabant vibes. Slate, there's still time to make the body panels out of Duroplast!

I did some digging around from other owners forums. A lot of the Euro and JDM people like to convert theirs over to those styles and I was curious what they did. That and people designing custom beds for pickups. Not that this is anywhere in Slate's roadmap but that would be one more step...

European Suzuki Vitaras and Japanese Escudos offered a 'sport' roof, I dig the idea.

About what I expected. Nice that it's an LED bulb. I assume an off the shelf on a simple socket.

TL;DR: Slate's appear to have single bulb red taillight/turn signal combos and I'd like to know if they're really one bulb, asking Slate directly and will post answer, I'd rather have the option for separate turn signals. I've noticed, looking at the two pictures of the Slate we have seen in...

I helped someone install a set of dashcams, along with a backup battery system, in a minivan once. That allowed them to keep the dashcams running separately from the car if the car lost power suddenly. Truckers and fleets have had luck with "Mobile DVR" units, and the results I've seen have...