Could Slate compete with a Toyota Stout 2 door?

[Dorbiman]

Neither is sitting at a public charger to regain 90 miles in 30 minutes at basically the same cost per mile as gasoline. It's embarrassing and degrading.

Cvollers said he can't charge at home but still wants a less-than-full-size, single cab pickup, which I read as him not wanting an EV pickup, so I suggested what I see as the best ICEV pickup alternative. 21 MPG for a 310 HP non-turbo 3.8L V6 is actually pretty good within the class of midsized SUV/pickups.

The Frontier 4x2 long bed has a 21 gallon tank, so it recharges approximately 420 miles in 5 minutes vs. the Slate at 90 miles in 30 minutes, which pretty much sucks IMO.

I think you must have missed him saying he’s likely to buy a Civic then

 

[cvollers]

Neither is sitting at a public charger to regain 90 miles in 30 minutes at basically the same cost per mile as gasoline. It's embarrassing and degrading.

Cvollers said he can't charge at home but still wants a less-than-full-size, single cab pickup, which I read as him not wanting an EV pickup, so I suggested what I see as the best ICEV pickup alternative. 21 MPG for a 310 HP non-turbo 3.8L V6 is actually pretty good within the class of midsized SUV/pickups.

The Frontier 4x2 long bed has a 21 gallon tank, so it recharges approximately 420 miles in 5 minutes vs. the Slate at 90 miles in 30 minutes, which pretty much sucks IMO.

I actually don’t need a pickup and I need better than 21 mpg. My eye is on the Civic Hatchback Sport Touring. About $34K. I test drove one and could not stop smiling.

 

[E90400K]

I think you must have missed him saying he’s likely to buy a Civic then

Okay, I did; I don't read every post from every forum member, but the premise is still the same. (a) if you must use the public charging system to refuel your EV, it pretty much takes 10X time to refuel and costs the same petrol, (b) cvollers is still going ICEV with a possible Civic pick, and (c) the Frontier is a good pick if one wants a midsized pickup and its 21 MPG is at the top of the segment for fuel consumption efficiency.