Destination Charge

[pendek244]

I wonder what the destination charge will be.
$1200-$2000

 

[1yeliab_sufur1]

I wonder what the destination charge will be.
$1200-$2000

That seems about right at least from what I've seen around id say closer to the $1200 but also that extra fee if you want it to your home

 

[sodamo]

I think extra might be a delivery fee

 

[tubes]

I put the lack of transparency on the destination fee under the "mildly disappointed" category.

 

[EV Trek]

I put the lack of transparency on the destination fee under the "mildly disappointed" category.

Possible they are still negotiating the cost of delivery, not like they are going to start shipping them out in the next month or two. You will know before you order.

 

[Rocks]

The faq section on it implies that transpo to the hub is included, and the to-the-door delivery is extra. But the faq changes a lot, so yeah, who know what the final invoice will say.

 

[E90400K]

Possible they are still negotiating the cost of delivery, not like they are going to start shipping them out in the next month or two. You will know before you order.

It's a difficult problem. Slate has zero brick and mortar presence and no real estate to ship trucks to let alone store unsold inventory (which I see as a significant future problem). Legacy automakers with franchise dealerships have both and an established logistics infrastructure in place. Slate is going to ship 100,000 units in 2027 (per their estimate) to sporadic locations throughout the lower 48. $2,000 may end up being the going rate.

 

[tubes]

It's a difficult problem. Slate has zero brick and mortar presence and no real estate to ship trucks to let alone store unsold inventory (which I see as a significant future problem). Legacy automakers with franchise dealerships have both and an established logistics infrastructure in place. Slate is going to ship 100,000 units in 2027 (per their estimate) to sporadic locations throughout the lower 48. $2,000 may end up being the going rate.

I hope it isn't $2k. That's more than your typical Mazda, Honda or Toyota. That's getting up in F-150 range, and that's the last vehicle I want to think about to compare to a Slate. And it is more than a (cough) Maverick.

But your logistics point is well taken. They may have to pay Carvana or some inventory lot a few hundred bucks to stage them.

 

[E90400K]

I hope it isn't $2k. That's more than your typical Mazda, Honda or Toyota. That's getting up in F-150 range, and that's the last vehicle I want to think about to compare to a Slate. And it is more than a (cough) Maverick.

But your logistics point is well taken. They may have to pay Carvana or some inventory lot a few hundred bucks to stage them.

I have $1,600 in my numbers.

 

[jmason]

I bought my Lucid used through the company. It was located in Florida and shipped to King of Prussia, PA (don't ask, car dealerships have states twisted all kinds of ways with regard to buying a vehicle online) anyway, the transportation charge was $1500. Probably depends on distance from the factory in Indiana what the final cost will be.

 

[metroshot]

Tesla's direct to consumer destination fee is $1400.
Tesla pre owned transport fee is up to $2500.

 

[EV Trek]

I bought my Lucid used through the company. It was located in Florida and shipped to King of Prussia, PA (don't ask, car dealerships have states twisted all kinds of ways with regard to buying a vehicle online) anyway, the transportation charge was $1500. Probably depends on distance from the factory in Indiana what the final cost will be.

According to Gemini and from what I have read previously.
Car destination charges (often listed on the window sticker as "destination and delivery," "freight," or "transportation" fees) can seem a bit mysterious, but they are actually figured using a strict, federally regulated system.


Manufacturers don't calculate the cost based on how far a specific dealership is from the assembly plant. Instead, they use a flat-rate pricing method known as equalized delivery.


1. The "Equalized Delivery" Method


Automakers calculate a single, flat fee for each specific vehicle model by averaging out the transportation costs nationwide.


To determine this number, the manufacturer looks at the total projected cost of shipping that specific model across the entire United States via trains, cargo ships, and semi-trucks. They divide that massive total by the number of vehicles they expect to sell.

What this means for you: The cost is exactly the same whether you buy the car 5 miles away from the factory door or 2,500 miles away on the other side of the country.

 

[KevinRS]

It's a difficult problem. Slate has zero brick and mortar presence and no real estate to ship trucks to let alone store unsold inventory (which I see as a significant future problem). Legacy automakers with franchise dealerships have both and an established logistics infrastructure in place. Slate is going to ship 100,000 units in 2027 (per their estimate) to sporadic locations throughout the lower 48. $2,000 may end up being the going rate.

Hopefully reducing this is why delivery windows seem at first glance to be rather random. It appears that high volume areas are getting early windows, regardless of reservation date. My guess is Q1 they will have only a handful of sites, and they seem to have offered basically everyone near those sites Q1 fulfillment. It seems they have planned out Q2 sites, and everyone else just has "sometime in 2027"
So those Q1 sites are going to be where they test things out, and train their people, etc. Staged rollout of locations would be cheaper than going nationwide all at once.

 

[jmason]

According to Gemini and from what I have read previously.
Car destination charges (often listed on the window sticker as "destination and delivery," "freight," or "transportation" fees) can seem a bit mysterious, but they are actually figured using a strict, federally regulated system.


Manufacturers don't calculate the cost based on how far a specific dealership is from the assembly plant. Instead, they use a flat-rate pricing method known as equalized delivery.


1. The "Equalized Delivery" Method


Automakers calculate a single, flat fee for each specific vehicle model by averaging out the transportation costs nationwide.


To determine this number, the manufacturer looks at the total projected cost of shipping that specific model across the entire United States via trains, cargo ships, and semi-trucks. They divide that massive total by the number of vehicles they expect to sell.

What this means for you: The cost is exactly the same whether you buy the car 5 miles away from the factory door or 2,500 miles away on the other side of the country.

Oddly enough when I was in the process of talking with Lucid about buying the car they originally had planned to ship it to New York with $0 delivery fees. Then New York State regs stepped in and said that Lucid is not allowed to ship used vehicles from out-of-state and sell them in New York. New vehicle? Fine. Used, nope. Like I’ve said before car dealers have convoluted state regs regarding purchasing vehicles from manufacturers online.

On my Slate pre-purchase they noted that delivery date was also determined by when they’d navigated state regs. So I’m hoping I don’t have to go outside of CT 🙄 to take delivery of my Slate, I doubt it, but who knows? Another train ride to King of Prussia? Ha!

 

[aquaman811]

Too bad there’s not an option to pick it up from the factory, like some of the European makers had (possibly still have?). I’m in west Michigan, so I’d gladly take the trip to Warsaw, IN to save a destination fee. 😉