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A few things The Ford is, allegedly, supposed to be around the price of the Slate. The Ford will be built here, a point against the maverick, and a slate feature i like. The Ford will likely be RWD, something i liked about the Slate. The Ford doesnt use Chinese motors, which is something...

Back when the slate was announced Ford's compact platform was still an unofficial concept and the slate was cheaper. Things have changed

Been watching that one for awhile. Supposed to be a combination compact/pickup/rideshare car platform. Combination of price changes and chinese electric motors have largely put me off the slate. At the point its at, I feel the Ford will be better for the $$$ I think Slate will still do well...

Waiting for Ford to reveal its new little electric truck before I make any decisions on the slate.

Truly a remarkable stroke of intelligence - i clearly must buy a $25k vehicle to avoid replacing a $40 gasket

Something about these discussions people seem to miss The only "less moving parts" things that EVs have over gas vehicles is generally an engine and a traditional transmission setup. And in a gas vehicle, generally these are not an issue unless there's a defect or mishap which usually falls...

My E46 ate thru gaskets and plastics like there was no tomorrow. My old WJ had 300k+ on it and my E46 had only 220k and was babied prior to me owning it, and after every spirited drive something would break/leak lol. On the plus side, it was quite modular in many aspects. Water pump in it only...

For long time, until 2022 or so, I used reddit for sim racing recruitment. That site was actively in the process of falling apart. That sort of behavior wasnt just common there, it was an active tactic people used to stop people from discussing topics they didn't like, including things like...

I've noticed this more and more - increasingly in internet discussing groups, if you point out flaws, issues, problems, concerns with X project there will now always be a subset of People telling you to be quiet. The guy who posted what he did has every right to. He's clearly here as a fan...

Rich Rebuilds input is about as Valuble to the auto industry as supercar blondie lol. A youtuber i follow who does pretty big deep dives on scams and tech issues among other things recently made a video about how he was approached by a Chinese agency to do some paid for propaganda - and hes...

It would just be the base base, for like i mentioned before, fleet and SXS replacement. Let the buyer bolt on whatever they wanted. Offer basic hold downs/rings standard. Etc Could accomplish alot on that side of things

Bed + less styling features up front. A "super stripper" slate. But alas, too much bed/cab connection. Im sure someone will do it if thisgets off the ground

Something i thought of watching all this. I wonder what the cost of a flatbed based Slate instead of a bed based slate would be. Basic steel flatbed frame with simple coating a headache rack. And even less styling features. At $22k maybe? Edit: upon looking at it the cab and bed seem too...

Point being the EVs are part of that propaganda. The CCP has 2.1 Billion into BYD alone. Its all part of it. Glad we're on the same page. Let's go back to talking features

Yeah if you don't like people saying we probably shouldn't support or be good to a literal enemy country you should probably put me on ignore. Im guessing this being an EV forum im rhe only one with the guts to speak outside the lines. Unsurprising

This is research lol. Go watch some Serpentza or China Insider. 7 BYD fires a day, and thats the low estimate. Hard to get info when the Chinese govt literally arrests people for posting anything against their EVs. A whole ship just burned off thr coast of Alaska due to Chinese built EVs.

China is wherever the bottom is. I'd assume in terms of EVs its Europe > US > Korea > Japan

He lost me at the "China leads the way with EVs" it wasnt even worth replying to. China leads the way at lying and paying influencers and media. You can find a myriad of bipartisan sources discussing this. Same as they bring over influences to show off all of their "high tech" They are rhe most...

If only you understood lol.

Discussion was about the 90s and 2000s trucks the Slate is designed to emulate. I get that you have no intention of having an actual discussion and just want to defend the Slate at all costs, but I assumed that there wasnt pedantic behavior here and that a generalization could be made seeing...