Delivery Date

[Granite]

If I preorder can I choose a date in 2028 for delivery?

 

[Shrink36s]

If I preorder can I choose a date in 2028 for delivery?

Monster! What kind of person can wait that long!

 

[Granite]

It will be a birthday gift for a new driver!

 

[Granite]

It will be a birthday gift for a new driver!

If this thing is as big of a hit as most of us think it will be, locking in an important date 23 months in advance may not be as dumb as it sounds.

 

[Shrink36s]

Oh, 100% agree with you. Our up-coming new driver will get the hand-me-down, I'll get the new EV (or hybrid, depending on how things shake down).

 

[ScooterAsheville]

My instinct tells me Slate will sell, but it won't "sell out" for more than a year or so.

But a cautionary not about my instinct. Every year for four years now I've been saying on the Maverick forum "No way Maverick continues to sell out this year. The Maverick market is saturated". And every year I've been wrong. They continue to sell every Maverick they can produce - the Hermosillo factory is essentially at 100% utilization.

I've become very good at eating my own words.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

Oh, 100% agree with you. Our up-coming new driver will get the hand-me-down, I'll get the new EV (or hybrid, depending on how things shake down).

Slate execs thought it would be the opposite lmao.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

My instinct tells me Slate will sell, but it won't "sell out" for more than a year or so.

But a cautionary not about my instinct. Every year for four years now I've been saying on the Maverick forum "No way Maverick continues to sell out this year. The Maverick market is saturated". And every year I've been wrong. They continue to sell every Maverick they can produce - the Hermosillo factory is essentially at 100% utilization.

I've become very good at eating my own words.

One thing to note though Slate came to market in 4 years if they truly do deliver Q4 this year. that's very fast development time, fastest of any of the western automakers. If they follow a Tesla refresh strategy I could see a minor refresh by year two, an e4x4/AWD option by year three, LFP Batteries by year 4, and major refresh by year 6. With their second model released sometime in between all this.

 

[cadblu]

If I preorder can I choose a date in 2028 for delivery?

Just make sure your pre-order locks in the price. I think it's inevitable that Slate could raise prices in 2028 as they continue to EValuate their pricing strategy in a very volatile market. It's inEVitable.

 

[sodamo]

Just make sure your pre-order locks in the price. I think it's inevitable that Slate could raise prices in 2028 as they continue to EValuate their pricing strategy in a very volatile market. It's inEVitable.

I’m hoping Slate will introduce at a low starting price as incentive, then increase.

 

[Shrink36s]

Just make sure your pre-order locks in the price. I think it's inevitable that Slate could raise prices in 2028 as they continue to EValuate their pricing strategy in a very volatile market. It's inEVitable.

Look at the bright side, less electronics invading the dashboard, and other behind the scenes BS like wifi and 4/5G connectivity and such, means less chip usage. Less CPU and memory needs. Those prices, at least, won't increase the cost. Friggn' $600 to get two more sticks of 16GB ddr5 for my pc, nuts!!

 

[ScooterAsheville]

A more wishful train of thought is that, if Slate is successful, suppliers will give them better pricing going forward, allowing them to maintain release pricing even in the face of seemingly endless inflation. That's kind of a wishful dream scenario, but it could happen. But only if Slate is a sales hit.

If you are a startup OEM, you get figuratively ravished by suppliers when it comes to pricing. JR Scaringe has talked about this in many interviews. Suppliers would not even travel to Rivian for sales calls. Rivian had to go to the supplier and pay inflated costs. That all changed with success and the higher volume R2.

 

[Granite]

I’m hoping they stick with a basic truck, don’t get money hungry and start adding a lot of fancy, unnecessary stuff and run the price up.

They can always sell options and accessories online to be installed by the owner.
Keep Amazon busy.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

A more wishful train of thought is that, if Slate is successful, suppliers will give them better pricing going forward, allowing them to maintain release pricing even in the face of seemingly endless inflation. That's kind of a wishful dream scenario, but it could happen. But only if Slate is a sales hit.

If you are a startup OEM, you get figuratively ravished by suppliers when it comes to pricing. JR Scaringe has talked about this in many interviews. Suppliers would not even travel to Rivian for sales calls. Rivian had to go to the supplier and pay inflated costs. That all changed with success and the higher volume R2.

The other aspect is Slate is already starting to work at vertical integration. With Slate Auto being an off shoot of Re:Build Manufacturing this is a natural progression for Slate as well. Combine that with battery prices getting cheaper we may actually see a $20K Slate Truck one day even in an inflationary economy. Either way the way Slate will always be the most affordable American Built EV that much is for certain if they can survive past those critical first 3-5 years.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

I’m hoping they stick with a basic truck, don’t get money hungry and start adding a lot of fancy, unnecessary stuff and run the price up.

They can always sell options and accessories online to be installed by the owner.
Keep Amazon busy.

I don’t mind for their next model if they have something like Speakers integrated into it especially if it’s something like an SUV. A pickup it’s ok for it to be this barebones. SUV buyers expect a bit more in amenities. But I never want them to get rid of the Single Cab Blank Slate Truck and keep it as barebones as it is. Only improvements should be on capabilities, efficiency, affordability, or things like bed size. Keep it the bare bones flagship of the Slate Brand and aim for it to eventually be the cheapest vehicle on the market while maintaining quality or at the very least keep it at a mid 20K range regardless of inflation as long as you can. Kind of like Slate’s version of the Hotdog Combo from Costco.

One thing that should always be an option across Slate’s line up is manual windows or power windows accessory. It’s just become such an iconic aspect of the brand that any Slate model that doesn’t have roll up windows as an option would feel off.