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True, and I'm not prepared to drop $25,000 + and find out it handles like a Reliant Robin, which also used plastic (fiberglass) body panels . :CWL:

But if there's money to be made someone will step in with a solution.

I still want to test drive it before I part with my hard earned money.

As the Big Three are not so much Made in the USA but rather assembled in the USA from foreign sourced parts. Not just cars as I was given an old rototiller that had a Briggs and Stratton engine on it. Ran like crap so I ordered up a head gasket and carb rebuilt kit, both genuine Briggs and...

Thanks for that. "John points out a line running through the rear frame rail of the vehicle. If damage had occurred here, the portion could have been severed and replaced. “We have the option to literally cut this off and attach a new piece of cast aluminum to this spot.” The new piece would be...

Maybe we're just seeing the body shop, while the motor, battery pack and upholstery will be fitted in another part of the factory.

Still so many unanswered questions.

Slate would go out of business rapidly if Chinese EV's were allowed into the US. https://fleetevolution.com/radar-rd6/

It's just that my home is on solar and I have six DIY 48v LiFePo4 battery 'modules' and each module has it's own BMS to take care of cell balance, over/undercharging etc. All the six modules are then connected in parallel. Can't see why Slate modules would be any different. Just thinking aloud.

I was reading about how Ford will construct the new truck and it seems it will be made of two big separate aluminum castings. https://electrek.co/2026/06/08/fords-30000-ev-pickup-almost-here-you-may-see-one-soon/ If I get a major dent in my Chevy truck it can be straightened out with hydraulics...

Would that mean that if the range of your Slate isn't enough for your needs can you just add another module or 2?

Didn't take long. ;) https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-unpatchable-jailbreak-hack

You're far more trusting than I am ;)

So when will be able to test drive a Slate?

That would be truly impressive :like:

So beware the recall for your Slate that tells you it desperately needs to install a missing 'feature' I'm old and all my cars have had a speedo, temperature and oil gauge or warning light and a fuel gauge. Slate will probably have a battery capacity or estimated range gauge and a speedo. Why do...

But only in a State where you can buy direct from the manufacturer. Unless of course Carvana can somehow become a nationwide franchised Slate dealership. :cool:

The NHTSA has to approve any new vehicle before it's sold, not after the vehicle is released. And on checking the NHTSA crash test database they don't even have Slate listed yet. https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/research-testing-databases/#/vehicle

They had the ultimate pedestrian safety back in 1894, when Vermont required the owner of a steam-propelled vehicle to have a “person of mature age … at least one-eighth of a mile in advance of” the vehicle, to warn those with livestock of its approach. At night this person was required to carry...

Sort of like believing the Wall Street Journal or Enron back in the 80's. One gave dire warnings the other assuring investors everything is just fine :cool: