Problems you are worried about Slate having with the production prototypes.

[drizzle]

I see so many post about how the market only wants big trucks and I don’t think that is true, the strick emission regulations and chicken law forced trucks to get bigger and bigger and not because people wanted big trucks.

 

[bartflossom]

Well, now we have a new worry. Is the new CEO gonna change Slate's business model? God I hope not.

 

[Kopsis]

So what keeps you up at night?

People setting their Slate expectations way too high. My fear is that people are utterly unprepared for the corners that Slate is going to have to cut to put out the product they've promised at sub $30k. Though maybe I can help fund my own purchase by selling "I should have bought a Maverick" bumper stickers.

 

[drizzle]

I see so many post about how the market only wants big trucks and I don’t think that is true, the strick emission regulations and chicken law forced

Well, now we have a new worry. Is the new CEO gonna change Slate's business model? God I hope not.

dang that’s probably going to happen

 

[ScooterAsheville]

I see so many post about how the market only wants big trucks and I don’t think that is true, the strick emission regulations and chicken law forced trucks to get bigger and bigger and not because people wanted big trucks.

Well, we definitely know at least 180,000 people a year want a smallish truck, because that's how many Maverick and Santa Cruz together have been selling. Slate and maybe Telo will tell us what the market is for even smaller (174" and 152").

 

[GaRailroader]

(184" and 152").

Isn’t that 174.6” and 152”?

 

[ScooterAsheville]

Isn’t that 174.6” and 152”?

Oops. Yes you are right. Editing...

 

[AZFox]

Though maybe I can help fund my own purchase by selling "I should have bought a Maverick" bumper stickers.

 

[KevinRS]

Slate didn't start their business model with Chris Barman, I doubt there is much chance of a new CEO suddenly flipping the whole thing.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Slate didn't start their business model with Chris Barman, I doubt there is much chance of a new CEO suddenly flipping the whole thing.

When was Chris Barman hired? I thought she claimed to be employee #1 or #2 in some video presentation.

 

[AZFox]

When was Chris Barman hired? I thought she claimed to be employee #1 or #2 in some video presentation.

I think she's CEO #2. That makes Faricy CEO #3.

#1 was Rod Copes, a former Rivian executive.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I think she's CEO #2. That makes Faricy CEO #3.

#1 was Rod Copes, a former Rivian executive.

It was the Sandy Munro video where Chris Barman claims to be employee #2 (about a minute in.)

I couldn't find any reports that showed Rod Copes was ever CEO.

Slate Confirms $700 Million in Funding, Bezos Investment

Slate is led by CEO Chris Barman, Chairman Rod Copes, COO Jeremy Snyder and head of design, Tisha Johnson

Let us know if you have a link to info that says otherwise.

 

[MadKemist]

Well, now we have a new worry. Is the new CEO gonna change Slate's business model? God I hope not.

I’m going to say -“No”.

The new ceo is a former Amazon executive. I’d bet Bezos is running thing from behind the curtain.

Well, now we have a new worry. Is the new CEO gonna change Slate's business model? God I hope not.

 

[Luxrage]

The new ceo is a former Amazon executive. I’d bet Bezos is running thing from behind the curtain.

Slate has a ton of funding from Bezos' investment funding group that looks for potential good projects, so this could be seen as a sign of "Hey this one's actually gonna work so go make sure it stays working."

 

[AZFox]

I couldn't find any reports that showed Rod Copes was ever CEO.

I stand corrected.

Copes was Executive Chairman, not CEO, when he was Employee #1.