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I wanted a Jeep J6 concept in the worst way. Except Jeep didn't build it. And if they had, it would have been a Jeep. So I want an open air AWD Slate beach buggy. Removable roof and rear panels. Maybe removable doors. Maybe even cut out a foot of the bed, because it's for fun, not utility...

If Slate survives to deliver a second model, and it's way premature to declare that a done deal, it seems pretty obvious that it will be a small commercial utility van. Slate's niche market is a bunch of fringe loonies (that's you and me) on the consumer side, and some small businesses on the...

That rules me out. This Boomer refuses to own a cell phone. Not because I'm technologically illiterate, as I was a world class software engineer. I just refuse to have my brain's attention span slowly eroded away by enslavement algorithms. Now, if I can only remember where I left my teeth...

Neither Doug nor anyone else can review a production Slate, because there is no completed assembly line to build them. Hand built prototypes have about as much to do with production vehicles as cats do with dogs. FWIW, I thought the whole presentation was incredibly lame, and I was pretty...

They have an R3X version that sounds right up your alley. Not sure about cost though. It seems likely to be a $35,000 class vehicle.

Hey everybody. It occurs to me there won't be very too many holiday days off for the Slate team this year. So I hope it's not too lame for us to all join in on this thread and send our best wishes and sincere thanks to the people at Slate, who are working their tails off to deliver our dream...

It almost sounds like you're describing the Rivian R3? For myself, I'm a fan of what I call a "two door utility runabout". It can come in many form factors, but the length should be 164" to around 174" long. A Kia Soul is the former size. A Ford Bronco Sport (or a Slate) is the latter. I also...

Random unrelated thought while we're waiting. Imagine what Slate could have done with the $17 billion in bad EV investment Ford wrote off today... Pretty much free Slates for every member of this forum.

In any startup, the sole focus of most people in the organization is to ship something, anything. Decades ago I attended a lecture by one of the founders of Apple. He gave us several mantras he lived by. One was "Ship, baby, ship!". His point was to get product out so you are generating cash...

>> some <questions> were probably outright antagonistic, I hope Slate has the integrity and bravery and honesty to select and answer some of those questions. Frankly, a session of softie fanboy questions achieves nothing other than patting us on the had and saying "trust me". If it's...

I love silience. I have not turned on the sound system in a vehicle for probably two decades. I love driving with my own thoughts. My poor wife has become used to having earbuds in for her podcosts when driving with her Luddite husband. Silence really is golden.

Before we panic about panel theft, Slate needs to not go bankrupt and actually deliver trucks in 2026, which is 50-50 at best according to most industry analysts. So it's kind of the cart before the horse for the next calendar year. We can all panic is 2027, when disaffected American youth make...

Sounds like a good job for a tactical nuke. We used to have those next door when I was in Germany last century. Oh wait, they're maybe a little bit overkill...

I plead guilty to having watch many of Joe Tegtmeyer's videos on the construction of Giga Texas. I was constantly blown away that they'd lay rebar reinforced concrete. Then saw it up, dig it out, lay something beneath, then pave it again. Then they'd do it again in the same location a few months...

Slate CEO: "We don't have a truck yet! People are starting to ask questions.". Slate Marketing: "Don't worry. Our fanboys are easily distracted. We'll give them a cookie cutter. That will occupy them until January.". Slate CEO: "No way that works". Slate Marketing: "Elon's been doing it for a...

I'd be super interested in your take on production ramping for the Slate. As a layman, my understanding is that the line finally comes together, and a few super low volume validation units come off the first month. Then a slow but steady ramp, depending on the glitches encountered, parts...

I love their approach, and I think they hit the nail squarely. Both Slate and Telo obviously have young people in their social marketing departments. They're both posting funny little shorts that poke fun at larger trucks, show how useful their little trucklets are, and emphasize the "I'm clever...

Now that I think back on this topic, I recall an interview in which the 600 parts were SKUs. Which means parts that Slate has to track in the inventory system for the factory (I'm not sure how service parts would work). So a part is something delivered from a supplier as a unit. And it might...

That was a 2022 window sticker. Here is a 2025 Maverick sticker. Same ratings apply to the 2022, as there were literally no changes to the safety systems. Looks like a mix of 4 and 5 starts. I imagine nobody on this site really cares about Maverick safety ratings, but I just thought the...

That's actually a great question, and I have some pretty solid answers after 4 years on the Maverick site. (1) The best tool I've found is the "ignore" button. When a thread goes south with two or more people just getting into an a "you suck" flame war, the ignore button just blocks that...