Open Air Mode Slate Pickup w/ Blue Wrap (from Rhode Island event showing)

[motorolas]

Nice blue wrap with the open air kit and seats installed.

Looks like the person could not go into this unit, but the Boston event would have a unit that folks can get into.




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[Driven5]

It looks super cool, but it needs a 'full panel' sunroof that makes the experience in the front as good as the back.

 

[Neil Nelson]

Found the video giving $27,500 for the Slate truck. cadblu provided the source.

 

[AL-Derby]

Why is it that every wrap I've seen is a mat or flat finish? I know they have chrome wrap too. I am a glossy and chrome guy.

 

[Adam W]

Why is it that every wrap I've seen is a mat or flat finish?

The gloss wraps I've seen all have a weird plasti-dip look to them. Not sure why that is, maybe they were just lower quality material. You don't get the same deep luster you get with paint and a gloss coat. Matte, satin, pearl, or flake paint is usually more of a premium thing, and they're easily reproducible finishes in a wrap.

 

[AZFox]

It looks super cool, but it needs a 'full panel' sunroof that makes the experience in the front as good as the back.

Or go retro with T-Tops you can stash behind the pickup seat.

I agree with your sentiment whole-hartedly, but it doesn't appear to be likely to happen, at least with the OG model.

Why is it that every wrap I've seen is a mat or flat finish? I know they have chrome wrap too. I am a glossy and chrome guy.

Maybe it's because matte wrap is more "forgiving" about surface imperfections than glossy wrap.

That, or it could just be that they do that because matte is out-of-the-ordinary.

 

[Driven5]

I agree with your sentiment whole-hartedly, but it doesn't appear to be likely to happen, at least with the OG model.

Probably not initially, and perhaps not from Slate, but there looks to be plenty of opportunity to work with...

Make it the whole hole.

 

[PACMAN]

I think this version might pull in a few people who are cross-shopping a 2-door Wrangler as a daily-driver. The dimensions are very similar, but the Slate looks much roomier in this video.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

Or go retro with T-Tops you can stash behind the pickup seat.

I agree with your sentiment whole-hartedly, but it doesn't appear to be likely to happen, at least with the OG model.



Maybe it's because matte wrap is more "forgiving" about surface imperfections than glossy wrap.

That, or it could just be that they do that because matte is out-of-the-ordinary.

YES! T-tops like my 1979 Monte Carlo! I wouldn't even know where to start on getting some fabricated? The mechanism could be the same as the OG. Something like a porsche 911 targa, lotus elise, toyota mr2, and the ubiquitous firebird/corvettes?

 

[motorolas]

Nice blue wrap with the open air kit and seats installed.

Looks like the person could not go into this unit, but the Boston event would have a unit that folks can get into.




Photos:

June 6th ad about Slate in Open Air Mode

this video had some good shots of open air mode with the gear inside the back area.

 

[RetiredOnPaper]

Probably not initially, and perhaps not from Slate, but there looks to be plenty of opportunity to work with...

Make it the whole hole.

IMHO wrecked and salvaged Slates will become a "thing" for this very reason. I am thinking aftermarket body panels to give it a more 50s look, perhaps bring back the "Woodie"?

 

[Doctors Do Little]

IMHO wrecked and salvaged Slates will become a "thing" for this very reason. I am thinking aftermarket body panels to give it a more 50s look, perhaps bring back the "Woodie"?

A wrecked Slate with a whole side of good panels? Sounds like money to me...and not very hard to salvage, apparently.

 

[Trace26]

IMHO wrecked and salvaged Slates will become a "thing" for this very reason. I am thinking aftermarket body panels to give it a more 50s look, perhaps bring back the "Woodie"?

And the batteries/motors will show up in alot EV swaps. People only use the Tesla and Leaf motors right now.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

And the batteries/motors will show up in alot EV swaps. People only use the Tesla and Leaf motors right now.

That's a world I know little about...will put on my list of rabbit holes to explore.

 

[DONMAR Sunroofs]

It looks super cool, but it needs a 'full panel' sunroof that makes the experience in the front as good as the back.

SKYROOF® Gen.Z sunroofs have a rotary latch for infinite venting positions and the glass can be easily removed and stored for as full open air experience.