Confirmed: 4x4 all-wheel drive AWD planned for future Slate version!

[Doctors Do Little]

According to a family member who lives in Dallas, the problem they have there isn't snow, it's ice.

Compound that with inexperienced drivers and inappropriate tires and you have a recipe for disaster.

Having lived in DFW for years, this inexperience is deadly. Rain/sleet/ice are all mysterious forces to many there…the rest of us were subject to their ignorance and optimism.

 

[fuzzmunky415]

Having lived in DFW for years, this inexperience is deadly. Rain/sleet/ice are all mysterious forces to many there…the rest of us were subject to their ignorance and optimism.

Was just in DFW yesterday, worst drivers ever. They wreck when the wind blows.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Was just in DFW yesterday, worst drivers ever. They wreck when the wind blows.

I used to joke that if you wanted to stop traffic in July in DFW, simply spit out the window and watch it hit someone else's windshield and all of traffic will slam on the brakes...looking to the sky for rain!

 

[fuzzmunky415]

I used to joke that if you wanted to stop traffic in July in DFW, simply spit out the window and watch it hit someone else's windshield and all of traffic will slam on the brakes...looking to the sky for rain!

Sure, we drive a bit aggressively in the EssEff Bay Area, but folks were laying on their horns even with a few car lengths given during my lane changes. Sissies. LOL

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Sure, we drive a bit aggressively in the EssEff Bay Area, but folks were laying on their horns even with a few car lengths given during my lane changes. Sissies. LOL

It's a different anxiety out there...not as many handguns though.

 

[Tinker]

I wonder how AWD EVs perform in deep sand or snow. I’m thinking of my Subaru, which lacked a transfer case. It would start to get hot when the snow was deep enough to push against the bumper. I’m talking about miles of driving in those conditions, where traditional 4x4 vehicles handled it better.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I wonder how AWD EVs do in deep sand or snow. I’m thinking of my Subaru , which lacked a transfer case. It would start to get hot when the snow got deep enough to push with the bumper. I’m talking about miles of doing this, but it was still something traditional 4x4 was better at.

Should be plenty of northern folk with AWD Teslas, Rivians, Lightnings, etc to chime in? (I'm in GA. We don't have much of the Devil's Dandruff.)

 

[sodamo]

Lacking 4wd/awd I will not be allowed to drive my Slate up Mauna Kea Past the. Visitor center to observatories.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Lacking 4wd/awd I will not be allowed to drive my Slate up Mauna Kea Past the. Visitor center to observatories.

You might be waiting another year, Sir.

 

[sodamo]

You might be waiting another year, Sir.

nope, not waiting. Want my Slate soonest

 

[Doctors Do Little]

The retro AWD kit might be a doozy to install, but sounds like an interesting project

 

[sodamo]

The retro AWD kit might be a doozy to install, but sounds like an interesting project

as a retro install, just might consider at some point. May even be a way to increase used value.

 

[Trace26]

After the newest interview. I would wager to guess that they probably won't offer a kit.
I still feel hopeful that we might be able to get a front motor from a wrecked future model and retrofit it in. Not easy but maybe possible.