Jeff Bezos's $25,000 EV Truck Has One Fatal Flaw • Jeff Jablansky | MotoMan Podcast 006

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Like the market for 2 Door Pickup Trucks is smaller but Slate has the advantage of having 0 competition there’s no EV Single/Standard Cab pickup Trucks and the average ice option is what like 40K for the cheapest trims. So Slate is launching uncontested basically. I don’t think Slate eventually coming out with a 4 door Slate XL with the capability of becoming an affordable 3 row SUV would be a bad thing down the line. But in the beginning when production capabilities are limited meaning supply output is limited and you are trying to make the most affordable option possible I think the 2 door was the smartest choice.
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for me make no sense a 3row xl Slate. Even in the mid term.!!! The most important now is a lot of sales.!! Slate base and accessories.!!! Once that happens and the public accepts the concept … they can expand to a bigger

think like this.!!
Is a personal ev ( no competition) with a bed and a frunk completely customizable.!!! Is too funny!!! And Do it yourself.????
The best.!!!

 

[Paul Rodgers]

Long ago (1984) I had a Mazda B2200 Diesel, small truck, 2 door, 2WD, long bed.
I drove it over 180,000 miles, sold it to my neighbor as his work-truck (contractor).
he put another 100k on it, gave it to his son as his high-school-car.
By that time it was as old as he was.

Kid wrapped it around a tree first winter, snow and bald tires did the poor thing in,
otherwise it would still be running.

My only complaint was that it was noisy.
I still miss it, decades later, drive a Tacoma now.

If they actually get to market I'll sell the Tacoma and get one.
Only option I would want is a solid folding bed cover.
That'll be available as an aftermarket accessory probably before they ship the second unit.

All the whining about "its too small", "it only has 2 doors" etc. etc. is from folk who don't want one.
OK, so go buy a GMC megatruck instead!

The Mazda did have huge range, well over 500 miles, and i always carried a 5 gallon can as spare in the back, but I dont need that any more, and I can charge at home (from my solar).

 

[ScooterAsheville]

There's a really basic question that none of us have the data to answer. Some of us are pessimists. Some are optimists. Some of us waffle back and forth.

The question, very simply, is "What is the market space for the Slate vehicle?".

I'm not going to offer up an answer, because I don't have one. And here's a shocker - you don't have an answer either. Only the American auto buying public has an answer. And they're not going to vote until the vehicle is for sale.

One thing's for sure. One way or another, we're gonna find out in 18 months. Until then, we're all basically debating how many angels can fit on the head of a pin.

Nobody cares if the Slate is your dream vehicle or my dream vehicle. Slate doesn't care. Slate cares if there are 100,000+ Americans a year for whom Slate is a dream vehicle. Because an automaker loses money until a factory reaches very high capacity utilization.

 

[KevinRS]

There's a really basic question that none of us have the data to answer. Some of us are pessimists. Some are optimists. Some of us waffle back and forth.

The question, very simply, is "What is the market space for the Slate vehicle?".

I'm not going to offer up an answer, because I don't have one. And here's a shocker - you don't have an answer either. Only the American auto buying public has an answer. And they're not going to vote until the vehicle is for sale.

One thing's for sure. One way or another, we're gonna find out in 18 months. Until then, we're all basically debating how many angels can fit on the head of a pin.

Nobody cares if the Slate is your dream vehicle or my dream vehicle. Slate doesn't care. Slate cares if there are 100,000+ Americans a year for whom Slate is a dream vehicle. Because an automaker loses money until a factory reaches very high capacity utilization.

I expect we will be closer to an answer before 18 months. The plan is to start delivering vehicles late next year, so I expect they will be converting reservations to orders at a minimum a few months before, and at that point we will be seeing directly or indirectly what kind of conversion rate they are getting.
So I expect in 12 months or less at least some people will be getting the offer to make their order, and if nothing else someone will put up a poll to get some idea of the conversion rate.

 

[sodamo]

I expect we will be closer to an answer before 18 months. The plan is to start delivering vehicles late next year, so I expect they will be converting reservations to orders at a minimum a few months before, and at that point we will be seeing directly or indirectly what kind of conversion rate they are getting.
So I expect in 12 months or less at least some people will be getting the offer to make their order, and if nothing else someone will put up a poll to get some idea of the conversion rate.

Well, my birthday is a year plus 8 days and I’m still hopeful I get my Slate for my birthday next year.
as for the Poll, guess it would make sense to add column to existing poll if that’s doable.