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I don't know how I should feel about the flood of cancelled BEV projects. Part of me says "fine", because anybody cancelling a BEV was only doing a half-hearted effort to comply. So let them fall behind and fail. Another part of me is sad that so many of us little people will lose jobs when...

Stellantis is a disaster that won't survive the decade. Jeep and Ram are used as profit centers to steer money to a too-large number of disastrous, money-losing European brands. Stellantis will not survive in its current form. Only an idiot would take the manly-man Jeep, Dodge, and Ram brands...

I predict we'll see lots of Leafs in the coming years, and that's a good thing. Slate does not need other BEVs to be flops for Slate to succeed. Slate just has to deliver a vehicle that appeals to 100,000 people a year (or so). We should all be cheering for the Leaf to be wildly successful. And...

https://driveelectricmonth.org/attend This link is to a map that shows events near you. I've attended this in the past. A bunch of BEV owners parking their cars and happy to talk to you about the BEV ownership experience.

The cheaper Leaf was announced as arriving in 6 month or so. Like most OEMs, they led with a higher trim.

Yea, the new Leaf looks like a lot for the money Just for clarity though, that range is for the bigger battery variant that is around $31,500 delivered. The Leaf. The new Bolt. The Equinox. The Kona. The EV3 if you live in Europe. They all have the advantage that they are reasonably affordable...

What the others said. Also, I wager the early owners will throw meetups for locals. Also, lots of towns have BEV clubs that have regular meets where you can touch and feel all sorts of BEVs. Also, I hope Slate appears at some regional auto shows. If the budget allows. For instance, the New...

It occurs to me that one way to make the Slate a successful cult runabout is... Removable doors, rear glass and roof panels. Add AWD, which Slate has strongly hinted at, and you have a nice beach machine. I'm thinking of the vast multitude of small Jeeps that have never left the pavement...

Emphasis on OLD. I hit 69 in Oct.

There are lots of people who waited two and three years for the Maverick. Join the club. It won't be boring. The next year will probably be highly populated with reveals of several small BEV vehicles. Heck, the Munich show is going on right now. New reveals from BMW, Mercedes, VW. Awesome...

I'm an optimist by nature, but one reasonably well educated in the difficulty of auto manufacturing. I read everything coming out of Slate with a healthy bit of skepticism. That said, people I trust say Slate is staffed with genuine industry veterans and professionals who can get the job done...

The Slate has as much in common with the R3X as I have with Idris Elba. And my wife tells me that's not much.

Now that the incentives have vanished, for me the only real appeal of the Slate is that it is a 174" two door runabout.

It will be nice to see the truck. But not that educational honestly. What they are showing right now is not what they will be building. I say that in the sense that it's not being built on actual production line. It doesn't have all the final parts and pieces from the actual suppliers. For...

None of us know, but based on 50 years of car purchasing and interaction with corporate entites, I find the premise of the question bogus. I translate "mid twenties" to be the orignally announced price of $27.,500. It would be nice if I'm pleasantly surprised, but I don't expect I will be. And...

Factory delivery would be far more appealing with a factory-site modification shop. You take delivery of your Slate already modified at the factory the way you want it.

I am absolutely sure that I know precisely what the options will cost. More than I think they should. But to get serious, I am hoping Slate eventually offers an onsite accessories shop. Why? So that the recovered parts can be recycled into the production line.

It's not misinformation. You had a good experience with your Maverick. So have I, and I've had mine three years and 36,000 miles too. Four recalls and nothing else. Others have had absolutely horrific experiences. Nobody, and I mean nobody, knows what the ratio of happy to unhappy is with the...

I still hope Slate, a few months down the line, dedicates a week per month building vehicles with a standard options package. Because I think there would be demand. And it would be cheaper for everyone than doing it after the sale. And less wasteful. I get that they want to start by building a...

The Slate is cheap and minimalist. Towing is not cheap and minimalist. Towing, like up the Ike Gauntlet on TFL, puts serious cooling, power, braking, and stability demands on a vehicle. Which means additional engineering, additional testing, and additional cost. The Slate can't do serious...