Max speed - 90mph?

[tubes]

I'd need to change my underwear.

One thing I'm looking forward to is better rollover resistance with the low COG. The Sky was so low, so you spun. All these high box SUVs today would just roll.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I'd need to change my underwear.

One thing I'm looking forward to is better rollover resistance with the low COG. The Sky was so low, so you spun. All these high box SUVs today would just roll.

Never felt unsafe in my GX but I get your point. Big batteries lower things, weight wise, and help in several safety ways.

 

[tubes]

Never felt unsafe in my GX but I get your point. Big batteries lower things, weight wise, and help in several safety ways.

I've watched too many videos on reddit subs r/dashcams, r/roadcam, r/carcrash and others. The amount of rollovers these days is frightening. The ones that get me are the side-swipes. The SUV catches a little bit of the side of the other car with their 20" wheels and POOF, the tire catches, they ride up the side, and over they go. It is ridiculous.

That said, this is a T-bone ending in a multiple rollover.

 

[professor_hank]

Is the Slate highest speed locked to 90mph due to the motor or the gear ratio? We have some highways in Texas with a 85mph speed limit, which means cars are whizzing past 90mph.

Many vehicles are elecyronicall limited to 90 some mph. The gear ratio being about 12 to 1 suggests the answere to your question is, Yes

 

[EV Trek]

I'd need to change my underwear.

One thing I'm looking forward to is better rollover resistance with the low COG. The Sky was so low, so you spun. All these high box SUVs today would just roll.

But they probably would have cleared the muffler.

 

[LoneWolfo6]

Be careful out there…

 

[Johnologue]

Be careful out there…

I know your thing is making negative insinuations about the Slate Truck, but like, what are we supposed to be careful of in this image, specifically? A freeway with a lot of lanes to maneuver between? Heavy traffic in the distance?

For maneuvering on the freeway in heavy traffic, the low-speed performance, agility, and compact footprint of the Slate seems like an advantage. Effectively, larger windows for changing lanes and overall quicker maneuvers at low speeds.

Compared to the typical sedans and crossovers (as are being driven in the image), the Slate's profile and large greenhouse (tall windows) should give a relatively good view of other traffic. It also has a major advantage in safety from other inattentive drivers...

I remember a couple of Regular Car Reviews episodes talking about some kei cars.
IIRC, one had a very distinctive appearance, the other just looked like a small Miata.

Both made driving around large trucks uncomfortable, but they argued the normal-looking car was dangerous in a way the weird-looking one wasn't, because other drivers would see it and not register anything as "different", where the weird-looking car was a "pattern interrupt". Seeing something "unusual" wakes the brain up from a passive routine, it takes them off autopilot. (Not Autopilot, but I'd prefer they disable that, too.)

Now, if Slate sold a lot of trucks in Texas until Slate Trucks became a common sight, this would have less of an effect (at least, for Blank Slates; varied appearances might preserve it). But that would mean more cars on the road are peers with the same dimensions and top speed.

There's no shortage of perfectly highway-worthy sedans and crossovers with a top speed of over 100 mph that may be less maneuverable, have worse visibility, and be less noticeable.

...
I looked up "Texas freeway" to see what came up in image results (I was curious if it was AI generated). Turns out, that is alleged to be the "world's widest freeway" with 26 lanes. It also appears to be disputed by other extremely wide freeways in Canada and China.

I can only speak for myself, but I would be equally intimidated by that road driving an actual tank as I would a Slate. If anything, a higher vehicle is a bigger target for loose items and (as others mentioned) more likely to roll.

I would not want to go 90 mph on a many-lane freeway where things can come in from any direction; I would overwhelmingly pick maneuverability.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I know your thing is making negative insinuations about the Slate Truck, but like, what are we supposed to be careful of in this image, specifically? A freeway with a lot of lanes to maneuver between? Heavy traffic in the distance?

For maneuvering on the freeway in heavy traffic, the low-speed performance, agility, and compact footprint of the Slate seems like an advantage. Effectively, larger windows for changing lanes and overall quicker maneuvers at low speeds.

Compared to the typical sedans and crossovers (as are being driven in the image), the Slate's profile and large greenhouse (tall windows) should give a relatively good view of other traffic. It also has a major advantage in safety from other inattentive drivers...

I remember a couple of Regular Car Reviews episodes talking about some kei cars.
IIRC, one had a very distinctive appearance, the other just looked like a small Miata.

Both made driving around large trucks uncomfortable, but they argued the normal-looking car was dangerous in a way the weird-looking one wasn't, because other drivers would see it and not register anything as "different", where the weird-looking car was a "pattern interrupt". Seeing something "unusual" wakes the brain up from a passive routine, it takes them off autopilot. (Not Autopilot, but I'd prefer they disable that, too.)

Now, if Slate sold a lot of trucks in Texas until Slate Trucks became a common sight, this would have less of an effect (at least, for Blank Slates; varied appearances might preserve it). But that would mean more cars on the road are peers with the same dimensions and top speed.

There's no shortage of perfectly highway-worthy sedans and crossovers with a top speed of over 100 mph that may be less maneuverable, have worse visibility, and be less noticeable.

...
I looked up "Texas freeway" to see what came up in image results (I was curious if it was AI generated). Turns out, that is alleged to be the "world's widest freeway" with 26 lanes. It also appears to be disputed by other extremely wide freeways in Canada and China.

I can only speak for myself, but I would be equally intimidated by that road driving an actual tank as I would a Slate. If anything, a higher vehicle is a bigger target for loose items and (as others mentioned) more likely to roll.

I would not want to go 90 mph on a many-lane freeway where things can come in from any direction; I would overwhelmingly pick maneuverability.

Unless you could get both? I loved the Lighting on the roads bc smaller cars yielded but it was plenty fast enough to pass truckers. Alas, it is a Ford…

 

[Auer]

Be careful out there…

Motorcycle territory.

But the agile Slate would likely do fine here.
Even better lowered a bit and with good tires.

 

[d.h.]

Lol

Are you sure you were only doing 90 when you rear ended the firebird?

 

[livehappy42]

58 saves

This illustration is probably even more pronounced in a low range EV like the Slate. They should make a secondary speedometer that shows kWh consumed per hour at that speed. On a longer road trip drivers would learn that they may save time by driving 65 mph instead of 75 mph because they eliminate a charging stop.

58mph makes for even more range 😁

 

[ClayJar]

58mph makes for even more range 😁

Range, sure, but the most important stat if you're just concerned about time is that a 90 mph top speed will allow you to reach 88.1 mph. 😎

 

[livehappy42]

Range, sure, but the most important stat if you're just concerned about time is that a 90 mph top speed will allow you to reach 88.1 mph. 😎

meep meep! 😂

 

[StromSpeed]

Here is AZ, cruising at 85 is very common; only leaving +5 for passing. 🤔 Sure would love to increase that max speed somehow.
Curious if the restriction is pure aero/power or is there a stability limit.
Also feel like a perf mode will be had to increase this power and inverter current increases. 🦾

 

[KevinRS]

Here is AZ, cruising at 85 is very common; only leaving +5 for passing. 🤔 Sure would love to increase that max speed somehow.
Curious if the restriction is pure aero/power or is there a stability limit.
Also feel like a perf mode will be had to increase this power and inverter current increases. 🦾

We do not know the answers to those questions, no one will until they have the truck in their hands, but the top speed limit in the country is 85, and top speed limit in AZ is 75.
Difference in arrival time even on a 200 mile trip, even if it was 100% highway with no slowdowns or traffic, would be under 10 minutes between 75 and 85. If your trip includes any traffic, signals, etc, that shrinks.

Actually in an EV, that extra 10 mph would probably cost you an extra 30 minutes at a charging station, range falls off fast with speed.