Dear Slate - you need to show these things before I'll buy

[SichuanHot]

You must not read the threads I'm in and all the push back I get.

To be fair you make good points that helps dissolve the sweet, cherry, and rose colored view many Slate enthusiasts on here have about the truck.

 

[E90400K]

To be fair you make good points that helps dissolve the sweet, cherry, and rose colored view many Slate enthusiasts on here have about the truck.

Just like everyone else here I want Slate to succeed, but I like to take a realistic view of things. I don't think any of us want to buy a Slate truck and have the company go bankrupt two years later. Establishing a new car company is a daunting task at any time in American history, especially an EV manufacturer in today's world. Tesla did it but it had a lot of financial help via Government investment (carbon credits and consumer tax incentives and tax breaks) and little if any competition, which led to a highly unusual stock evaluation from investors. The current environment Slate finds itself in is quite different than 15 years ago when Tesla was a startup. Had tesla been vying for investment funding from the market with five or six other established manufacturers it would have never made it. One has to question why so little private equity investment has not been thrown Slate's way in the view from how Tesla was funded.

It is exciting to see it play out and discuss the play with fellow enthusiasts here on the forum.

 

[SichuanHot]

Just like everyone else here I want Slate to succeed, but I like to take a realistic view of things. I don't think any of us want to buy a Slate truck and have the company go bankrupt two years later. Establishing a new car company is a daunting task at any time in American history, especially an EV manufacturer in today's world. Tesla did it but it had a lot of financial help via Government investment (carbon credits and consumer tax incentives and tax breaks) and little if any competition, which led to a highly unusual stock evaluation from investors. The current environment Slate finds itself in is quite different than 15 years ago when Tesla was a startup.

It is exciting to see it play out and discuss the play with fellow enthusiasts here on the forum.

You're absolutely correct. I think there's an adage somewhere that goes along the lines of "the biggest fans are also the biggest haters." We're all hypercritical of Slate because they claim to offer something novel in the industry, which we here all see as valuable.

 

[E90400K]

You're absolutely correct. I think there's an adage somewhere that goes along the lines of "the biggest fans are also the biggest haters." We're all hypercritical of Slate because they claim to offer something novel in the industry, which we here all see as valuable.

Maybe we are the biggest skeptics(?).

Which is why I've keyed in on the whole 600 vs. 6,000 parts claim Slate has made. It sounds great, but to me it's a bit smoke and mirrors. Such statements make me pause a bit on the whole viability of the experiment. I applaud the team at Slate for making the effort; it's heroic in a lot of ways.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Maybe we are the biggest skeptics(?).

Which is why I've keyed in on the whole 600 vs. 6,000 parts claim Slate has made. It sounds great, but to me it's a bit smoke and mirrors. Such statements make me pause a bit on the whole viability of the experiment. I applaud the team at Slate for making the effort; it's heroic in a lot of ways.

Dude...I *like* my cherry-topped sugar fantasy about a plastic truck that I can let a teen learn on and runs solely on electrons. Don't rain on it too much with your logic and facts and fancy engineering degrees...else, I'll "Scooter" you (block your content). Just sayin'