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  1. Garbone

    Will the Slate’s 8 seconds to 60 mph be adequate for safe highway merging?

    My MachE gets 5.2 seconds 0-60. Being an EV with no gears it feels faster than listening a ICE motor fight thru the gears for a similar time. With the torque the real limiter is traction vs weight not power. Now on the other hand I drive a Chevy Express van loaded to the gills with junk...
  2. Garbone

    Will you be installing a Level 2 charger?

    I would not bet on this is they are plan on keeping their $27k target. I would not be surprised if any charger at all would be an add on with a 120 and 220 and dual as three different price points and each having a nice margin for the company. Honestly, you only need to get chargers with...
  3. Garbone

    Factory Lift Questions

    Carolina squat option?
  4. Garbone

    Will you be installing a Level 2 charger?

    I have this same charger, not hard wire but to an exterior 14-50 and only pushing 30amps. Has been flawless for a few years now.
  5. Garbone

    Pics & Impressions from Slate showing in Denver today

    Looks better than a vice grip at keeping the strut extended.
  6. Garbone

    🔋 The Extended Battery Decision (Poll: Which battery option suits you best?)

    I do not agree with this. My current car has about 200 miles of range at fill, I charge it about once a week or when it goes below 100 miles. Having level 2 at the house is not like hitting the DCFC or gas pump. Funny thing is my wife has been driving an EV as well since 2021, she was...
  7. Garbone

    Canceling my reservation [LOCKED DUE TO POLITICS]

    As an American worker and Union member tariffs help domestic production offset the advantages of lower labor costs in other nations. If you are upset you can not buy as much junk at Walmart that is of Foreign manufacture that is fine. Onshoring supply chains is a good thing because it means...
  8. Garbone

    Canceling my reservation [LOCKED DUE TO POLITICS]

    On insurance, My 22 MachE got tagged in the rear at a stop light on the way to work. Guy was in a Jeep and took off and it was twilight so my photo of his tag did not turn out. No you can not enhance photos like in the cop shows.. Had to get a new fiberglass hatch, rear fascia etc pull...
  9. Garbone

    Canceling my reservation [LOCKED DUE TO POLITICS]

    When did you reserve? I need to know if I am moving up a spot in line. Thank you for your time and fair well...
  10. Garbone

    Is Slate's absence of telemetry an important distinctive feature?

    Not really. It kinda sucks. Google maps does not route to chargers unless it gets telemetry via Android Auto. This is a leg of my trip back from Niagra falls to Florida a few weeks back. These are the stops I actually made, I was using Google maps and just put my destination in as I...
  11. Garbone

    EV towing range effect

    My personal Towing experience. Towing 3 tiers of scaffold with my MachE 100 miles on small open Uhaul trailer cost me $20, $5 for the electricity @12pennies/kw, $15 for the uHaul. Same trip in my truck a Chevy w 351 v8 costs $28 in 8 gallons of no ethanol fuel not to mention the truck...
  12. Garbone

    Is Slate's absence of telemetry an important distinctive feature?

    Good with no active wireless connection. However I do want the car to share state of charge via USB with my Navigation apps for charge stop planning.
  13. Garbone

    Aptera-style solar panels in SUV option.

    LOLZ, $2700 tonneau cover on a truck, definitely need to keep that in the garage to protect it from the weather. Oh... wait.....
  14. Garbone

    New Slate tour locations & dates! CA, CO, MA, NJ, NY, RI, UT (as of 7/21/25)

    Not Florida or Texas, the number 2 and 3 states for EV sales...... Seems,,,,,, odd....... My graphic sucks.. .. link here.. https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10962
  15. Garbone

    Delivery and Service Partner announcement coming soon / Warranty period

    Would prefer news on the Factory build out. Amazon deliveries, Firestone for service.
  16. Garbone

    Olympia WA Slate Event @ Ember Goods Coffee (midgate passthrough confirmed & more info)

    If the battery in our Ford FOB goes bad you can insert it in a slot under the armrest. Guess if in close enough proximity a RF Key does the trick like a credit card reader. I would not mind this method at all, no moving parts of a real key with tumblers but still secure.
  17. Garbone

    The Unofficial Slate food?

    My lean toward coffee is it is good black but you can customize it to the point of Starbucks and it is still basically good with the same base...
  18. Garbone

    The Unofficial Slate food?

    Like Sloppy Joes.
  19. Garbone

    The Unofficial Slate food?

    Since pineapple pizza is taken (by Bronco crowd). Black Coffee? Popcorn with no butter?
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