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The idea is go underground. In our case dryer outlet is against an outside wall, so just ran cable down the wall in a conduit, throught the wall, then buried it 8" deep in a little trench in the dirt outside, all the way to the post. Direct-burial cable does not need a conduit. Tho sounds to me...

cadblu, you said this: "Since it’s reservations holders only, Slate could make the test drive an after hours private event at a baseball stadium parking field, . . ." Please, make it Daytona! You will be mobbed.

I'm 100% off-grid. There is a power-pole right across the street from me. Florida-Power-and-Darkness want $7500, to bring it to my side of the road, and put in a meter. Then there is a charge, every month, even if I do no use it at all! SO I decided few years ago to experiment, (old retired...

I like sodamo's explanation! Never heard that before. I will put golf-balls on throttle and engagement levers on my lawn tractor!

I think the tri-fold rigid design also lends itself to lightweight solar panels! - flat, neat and easy install with a few fat SS screws and fender washers? - folds up to the front, natural place to put the solar controller on the wall behind driver - can be completely removed, just 1 little...

That unused 30A dryer circuit is your gold-mine! Just get 50ft or so of #10 cable, run it to wherever you park the truck, put a 4x4 treated pole in the ground and mount an RV outlet on it. Where the dryer outlet is, wire it up inside the box and put a plain cover on it. Remember to write a label...

"big" is the problem - everyone wants the "big" vehicle, because thats what they see on TV - guys? you want the "big" girl? - girls? you want the "fat" guy? just wake up everyone, buy what you need (or really want). Vote with your wallet

Now thats a quote!, if I can find it. This is one of the things that "should be true" but probably is not. OK, Ford: Mini truck! any possibility at all, before say 2028 model year? please?

I doubt very much that the panel is 80, probably 100+ or more. for an L2 charger you need a 30A circuit at 220v, uses #10 wire (if distance is short, say less than 50 ft) If this is not sufficient? Please, do not get an EV, you will be disappointed. The payback for an EV is all about low-rate...

Really, read the press, its totally Haigspeak, I could not get a single sense of purpose out of it at all. 1) engineering: nothing "we will build a factory", Ford have done that for a century, does not work any more 2) electric tech: even less "we will use xxx to surpass the yyy competition"...

VERY good point here, if something is wrong, figure it out early, before you have 100,000 battery recalls I want my slate in central FL, we do not really have a "winter" But I have lived in NJ, upstate NY, Switzerland, (and England) so I do know what snow means Lets see a slate (with snow...

well, if a Brother or Cousin visit, by the time we get back from the airport the old accent is back. I now live in Central-FL, no "hillbillys", its flat here, just "swampbillys". Even I am a redneck these days tho, farmers tan all the way. BUT, we all drive pickups! Tacoma, Chevy, F150's by...

Don't know if you follow the Brit aristocracy, but they are back to "Kings English" now. Even if I can't speak it any more, too long in the Land-of-Burgers, tho I do like the fries.

super stripper? how about the option to get a slate with NO plastic, NO wheels Then the aftermarket guys could go crazy! Buy a super-stripper, dolly it up with some other ???? plastic, in pyrotechnic color. raise or lower the suspension, change the wheels and tires! I mean, it could look...

So we have "fried" and "scrambled", and "eggcessivly eggspensive" How about they just go borrow some tech to run from the main pack, not the 12v battery? Then we would have "poached eggs", OMG! tailgater (from Louisiana?) breakfast, : eggs-Slatenict? eggcept its no longer the tailgate! Yo...

Hey ditch the 12v lead for an LiFe, same size, same weight, same current capacity, 4x the watt-hours, and right now only about 4x the cost, needs a different charge-controller tho. By time Slate ship it'll only be 2x the cost

I wonder what the cost of the "eggcessory" will be? Under $100 I think I'd go for it!

Agree with cadblu, ship to the south first. No winter battery or charging issues here in central FL. But winter-2026? As I recall promise was earlier. Seems to me they are saying "we will ship in the 2027 model year", forget 2026.

OK, you are entitled to your opinion. But outside of the engine/transmission an EV has pretty much the same set of parts as an ICE car. Motor/transmission, yes your right, EV is much simpler, but those high-power semiconductors that run the motor will not last forever, so motor-controller...

Need a computer ugrade?, the infotainment screen just went blank, one cell out of the 4000 or so in the pack died, one of your dual-motors is making a funny noise? . . . Now your right about things like brake-pads, suspension, tires etc, maybe lights? but MoPar do not make parts for Tesla's...