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Nah, I was enamored of the Bolt until I test drove one. It has horrific torque steer. But my PhD buddy on the test drive bought one a few years later.

"Doug the Annoying" has annoyed his way into 5 million subscribers, which is probably, 4,900,000 more than Slates that will be produced before Slate goes bankrupt. Just saying... Hate the guy if you will - he can be grating in a teenager sort of way - but he totally found his online crowd.

Years ago I was on the Bolt forum. I literally got banned because I dared to say the Bolt was not rated to tow and therefore you probably should not tow, and it was probably not even safe to tow. That really offended somebody, and they reported me, and I was banned for a month. So don't tell...

Well it depends on how you define profit. There are all kinds of definitions. There's the cost to build the vehicle itself, labor and parts. Then there's that cost plus the overhead of the staff and facilities. Then there's that cost plus the program investment, usually a billion or more. Most...

The Slate price is a Rorschach test. It says a lot about the interviewee, nothing about the Slate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test

OP, just to be clear - I have no clue what the Slate will cost. Not the slightest idea. But if I were pushed, I'd answer "what they said". And they said mid twenties. Which is a deliberately vague statement. I'm just curious what the ancillary charges are, because MSRP is a deception that works...

Everyone has their favorite car personalities. Most of them know squat about cars and especially squat about the car industry. Or they are highly biased. It's an entertainment industry, generating ad revenue with clicks. Some on here are fans of Clown A, others of Clown B. It's all good. If...

Maybe edit the question to add "MSRP, exclusive of delivery and other mandatory fees"? I was curious, so I Googled delivery charges. Stellantis has the lowest at $995. Most OEMs are between $1,000 and $1,500. Many OEMs have "acquisition" or other mandatory fees. The devil is always in the...

I think the more interesting question is: At what price does Slate make a profit on the truck? Because many startups will launch at a subsidized price to get scale. They actually lose money trying to gain momentum. Example: Rivian, Lucid, Tesla. All OEMs lose money early in a product launch, as...

OP, can you specify in the question whether you are asking before or after any delivery and other fees? Because those can add as much as $3,000 to the MSRP.

I gotta be honest. I'm bored with yet another "review" of a hand-built mule that has very little in common with what will actually be built. So I'd just as soon Doug and others don't get their hands on a Slate until it has come off the actual production line.

I had a Renault R5 in college. Loved it. Cheapest new hunk of junk I ever bought in my life, but fun. I remember patching the muffler with duct tape and a soup can. Held up for a year. But that thing was rusted to the ground in 4 years in northern PA. I take that back. The cheapest new hunk of...

Boggles my mind that they're still producing and selling these things. But they are. There is a market of some size. Part of that market is Elon's other companies, which have been ordered to purchase Cybertrucks for their fleets to goose sales figures. Can't embarrass Elon, right? Saw one of...

Just because I was curious, I looked up the competition. Probably the fastest I've cruised on highways in my Mav has been 80 mph, and that's rarely in this part of the country (I'm not a speed demon). Out West, there are some highways with a posted 80 MPH speed limit, and you'd better be...

I look on it as great fun. I don't really care if Slate delivers the holy grail battery. Somebody will. Some day. it's inevitable.

And our future options are currently unknowable. The old OEMs have a long habit of holding their cards close to their chests until the last instant - especially the Japanese makers. So come this time 2027, who knows what options to the Slate might be not only announced, but shipping. Toyota is...

OP, I hear your question. I drove small single cab trucks for 30+ years. Boy were those space-limited, but I'm a small-vehicle kind of guy. What I really needed all those years was the extended cab variant, where there was just 12" to 18" behind the front seats. And I really hope Slate offers a...

You execute the plan until the money runs out, and Slate has said they did Series C to give them the money to reach production. I don't think anyone in the industry says that Slate won't ship. They don't think Slate will last. Very different statements.

For those of you near NYC, sounds like Slate will be the show this week. I used to love the NYC auto show. It's a monster. You can spend two hours and see almost every car sold in the USA.

When comparing overseas competition, remember in many (not all) cases it is engineered to reduced safety and environmental standards and expectations. And of course, different road conditions.