Electric Windows Configuration.

[cadblu]

I’m thinking of trying out this ‘redneck power window kit’ on the Slate 🙂

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I’m thinking of trying out this ‘redneck power window kit’ on the Slate 🙂

Bingo! I’m in. I’ll DIY with existing equipment.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

There was a reddit post today where someone discussed the power window situation with an employee at the Crayola event. The story they were given is:
- power windows are not off the table
- on the back burner for now so they can concentrate on critical issues to get to shipping
- problem has to do with crash testing

That got me thinking about the door cavity mentioned in the post above. The door structure is critical for crash testing. Wondering if they were having a hard time getting a DYI upgrade to fit in the cavity if they had to change the door structure for 5 star pass.

Just riffing a theory.

The original renders when you added the power window option showed a cube where the crank was, so not sure how much "in the door cavity" the option actually was.
If it was actually as rendered, that would be kind of odd.

Don't want no barnacle on my door!

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I figured this is what might contribute to crash test & safety - something that sticks out rather than sits flush with the surface.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

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I figured this is what might contribute to crash test & safety - something that sticks out rather than sits flush with the surface.

I thought it was the density of the motor unit with the switch that became a crash risk, rather than the switch sticking out? The roller sticks out. I’m not sure why they could not reverse engineer any number of existing compliant motor/switch combinations from existing vehicles? I no mechanical engineer though.

 

[tubes]

I thought it was the density of the motor unit with the switch that became a crash risk, rather than the switch sticking out? The roller sticks out. I’m not sure why they could not reverse engineer any number of existing compliant motor/switch combinations from existing vehicles? I no mechanical engineer though.

Time and validation. Sources say they are working on it, but it takes time. They are out of time, and probably out of expensive one-off vehicles to crash.

I would not surprise me if we early adopters never get the option to upgrade and they just put in power windows for model year 2028. It will make us "special" in a funky kind of way.

Again, that's just my speculation. I'm sure they really want to make the upgrade option work.

 

[Johnologue]

I would not surprise me if we early adopters never get the option to upgrade and they just put in power windows for model year 2028. It will make us "special" in a funky kind of way.

Again, that's just my speculation. I'm sure they really want to make the upgrade option work.

I think not least because Slate themselves want the crank window as an option. 🤣
They'd make a crank window kit if the electric was standard!