Here's to gunning for several HOTlanta orders so that mine can be included in the bunch accordingly...snow doesn't exist below Chattanooga, TN, right? The truck can drop mine at any rest area south of Chattanooga and I'll fetch it.
You're gunning for a rail trip across America with your Slate in the rear...admit it.
Yup
Most autos ship via rail from the plant to regional mixing centers where they are subsequently loaded on trucks for the last mile. The rail carrier that services the Warsaw plant has more auto plants on its network than any other railroad in the US.
I would love to pick up my Slate in Indiana in May 2026. I even up in the north starting in May through September. Then if I could pick up my Slate in early/mid may that is ready to be four gown on my RV it would be great!Having experience with EVs, I am questioning Slate's decision to begin deliveries in the winter months. As EV owners know all too well, extreme cold weather conditions are very harsh on range and battery efficiency. This being the first EV purchase for many, I think a winter rollout will not bode well for Slate's initial reliability perceptions.
I appreciate that time to market is important, and beating out other contenders was part of Slate's strategy. With setting up a new assembly plant and filling all the open jobs, 18 months was the logical target to begin production deliveries.
That said, I think it would be wise for Slate to rollout early deliveries in warmer climate states, e.g. California, Texas, Arizona, Florida, etc. This strategy would reduce some of the potentially bad publicity associated with EVs in extreme cold weather. The rest of us will need to wait until Spring / Summer 2027. But I was expecting that anyway.
That would seem ideal. (I'm happy to hear you live north of TX in the summers, too!)
