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"Yes, the Blank Slate will be in the mid-20s" I noticed the specified "blank". I guess that dashes my hope that the small battery pack would be 23-25 and the large battery would be 25-27...

What tow hitch? It's my understanding, from an interview with the CEO, that this new Ford "truck" can't tow.

Considering that some 80% of braking power comes from the front wheels and Slate is RWD, I can only assume that the regenerative braking capability will be rather minimal when compared to this. capability for AWD or FWD vehicles. Also, because of this, single pedal steering is unlikely. Is my...

For my own part. The fact that Slate lacks the "infotainment system" is a huge plus. These car companies just can't match the design chops of companies that dedicate their time to such things. And the ability to use whatever mapping app I want (for example) is massive. Frankly, as an iOS...

It makes me think that Slate is having trouble hitting a price point that is both profitable and something they think the public will accept, and are hoping suppliers can come down a bit to help them out. But hell, even at $30k, it will be the cheapest new EV on the market that can tow, so I'm...

So if Slate wasn't an option, what would you get instead?

I'm closing the poll because it was a bust, but I am maintaining the spreadsheet. If you are planing to purchase a vehicle in the next couple of years, and Slate wasn't an option, what would you likely get?

Are you saying you would actually get a Spark if the Slate wasn't coming?

Tell me what you would consider and I will add it to the spreadsheet. Unfortunately, I can't modify the selections like I hopped I would be able to.

I've said on this forum many times that I'm looking for the cheapest new vehicle that can tow. Before Slate was announced, I was looking at the Ford Maverick, but frankly I was gritting my teeth and really didn't want the vehicle. I kind of wanted to go EV, and I've never bought a 4-door vehicle...

There is a lot of speculation about what Slate's competition is, but everybody is always talking in the abstract, what people are comparing against. Rather than telling us what you think other people are cross shopping Slate against, tell us what you personally are cross shopping against. I...

Not quite... She said they are having a meeting "next week" with suppliers. That implies to me that a more precise price might be coming out by next month. 🤞

I had a friend who routinely spray painted his car with latex paint from Home Depot. It didn't last long and would start peeling off, but he didn't care. It was cheep and gave him practice with his spray gun. :)

I was going to suggest removing the passenger seat but @Driven5 beat me to it. I have a couple of 70# labs both in their early to mid teens. They take the entire back bench seat and still get in each other's way. They do better in the SUV with the back seat down... I'd need a topper on the truck...

As per usual... I'm looking for the cheapest new EV that can tow. Is this EV3 GT cheap? Can the EV3 GT tow?

That's my point though. A fully thought out answer to that one question would easily take the whole 10 minutes, likely more, and require a bunch of charts and infographics... and entirely too much of the engineers' time.

:) True... I fixed it now so neither will get a bad wrap (hopefully). :)

I can't help but wonder; maybe somebody here knows. When Ford announced the Lightning and took pre-orders, did they ever send an email to those people explicitly asking for questions?

Something to think about from Slate's perspective... They sent a mass email to some 150k+ people who ponied up $50 dollars asking for questions. They got 4000 questions. That's about 2.7% (although some people, like me, likely submitted multiple questions). I don't know what that really means...

I received my answer email in which they said that they will be in Florida but "Specific locations and dates haven't been finalized yet..." As a side note, I also asked about timing (i.e., when they expect to make the price more precise than "mid-20s") and was told "closer to when ordering...