📊 Expected Out-The-Door price for a $25,000 Blank Slate

[RetiredOnPaper]

IMHO Slate should have started with a cost analysis and worked up from there. This should be what it costs Slate to push a blank out the door. And that should be less $$$ that the base purchase price without incentives. If they did that, they have wiggle room and (again IMHO) a bright future.

When I get mine I will drive it for a while and then decide what I want to add to it. And my wife will decide if she wants one.

 

[KevinRS]

IMHO Slate should have started with a cost analysis and worked up from there. This should be what it costs Slate to push a blank out the door. And that should be less $$$ that the base purchase price without incentives. If they did that, they have wiggle room and (again IMHO) a bright future.

When I get mine I will drive it for a while and then decide what I want to add to it. And my wife will decide if she wants one.

What makes you think they didn't do that or something similar? The issue is with the time between design and sales, things change. Supply chains change, commodity prices change, tariffs happen, etc.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

What makes you think they didn't do that or something similar? The issue is with the time between design and sales, things change. Supply chains change, commodity prices change, tariffs happen, etc.

The advantage Slate has though is they have a lot more partners interested in working with them after the announcement than before. More options for suppliers means more of a chance to get a good deal with a quality supplier. The disadvantage is that regardless of all those other factors and the price of the competition at the time of the release. A lot of people don't want to hear a base price of more than 25K for a base Blank Slate. Just won't feel like a good value to them. That's the challenge they need to solve for Slate is how they can get to $25K or less while still delivering a 5 star safety rating, economical quality, and most important making a profit on each Slate sold so they don't end up in a similar position Rivian is in today.