Motor Trend: Slate Talks about the Truck’s Style, Safety, and a Front End You Can Design

[Luxrage]

I'm thinking the LED lights Slate is using are going to get packed with wet snow, halogen might be better with their recessed design.

I know Rivians and Jeeps have this problem. Cybertrucks do as well but it's somewhat of a separate problem with the 'shelf' design of the bumper under the headlights. They sell headlights with heater strips built in that are supposed to work for Jeeps, if these are 'off the shelf' I wonder if we can track down where the part...

An aftermarket Jeep heated LED headlight:

What I'd really like instead if Slate doesn't have any heated application is a clear lens insert that will make the front holes flush with the rest of the car, kind of like what Chrysler did in the late 70s with the Dodge Magnum:

Edit: I'm sure these aren't it as they would have to be DOT certified, but lit up trim-ring aside, the Slate projector headlight, with its flat top and bottom and rounded sides, looks just like the round Honda E City car ones, size and all.

 

[KevinRS]

I know Rivians and Jeeps have this problem. Cybertrucks do as well but it's somewhat of a separate problem with the 'shelf' design of the bumper under the headlights. They sell headlights with heater strips built in that are supposed to work for Jeeps, if these are 'off the shelf' I wonder if we can track down where the part...

On lights getting packed with snow, it varies depending on the storm.
We don't get much snow where I live, but there was one storm some years ago, when I left for work, driving west, street lights were not visible, packed with snow. The older non-LED ones may have been worse, because when dry snow hit them, they were just warm enough to make it stick, while cold LEDs the snow bounced off of.

 

[Luxrage]

On lights getting packed with snow, it varies depending on the storm.

I spent most of my life in Chicago where we got that thick, dense snow that stuck to everything. Leaving a car parked for a while in a heavy snow would end up with a good pile on any flat surface. On the plus side it made for great snowballs / snowmen.