Q2 delivery estimate for last minute reservations & new orders.

[tubes]

Loopholes. Slate will "sell" it to a "(Carvana?) dealer" in a different state, then transfer it. This is a bunch of crap to get around the state rules. I'm in NC and we deal with this too.

A similar example is when I bought a used car a few years ago by Autotrader's Private Seller program, which uses an escrow broker, they transferred the North Carolina seller's title to Washington (Washington!), then transferred it to me back in NC.

It went pretty easy and seamless. I expect something similar with Slate. The intermediary state may be Illinois. We'll see.

 

[EVfun]

There must have been a well established scheme of an adminstrative sale in Oregon (for example), then a transfer as a used vehicle into WA for those Lucid's and Rivians in the past years. Slate must be counting on doing the same. After all, there's no way WA gets more legislation to include Slate within a year.

I asked someone who purchased another EV before direct sales were allowed. This is a clip from their answer: "You will need to order your car and do all the financing and registration paperwork online. Some will deliver to you. Others will have you go pick up the car." I guess this works because the sale happens wherever Slate is handling my online paperwork. WA will still get me with sales tax, at 11% on a new car where I'm at!

 

[tubes]

WA will still get me with sales tax, at 11% on a new car where I'm at!

Oh yeah, you won't get away without paying tax in the final state. If there is an intermediary, they are "dealers," who don't have to officially title the car and pay tax. Dealers are pass-thru entities. You, the final buyer, will pay the tax in your state.

As for pickup, you may not have to go to the state handling the intermediate paperwork (like my example on the used car through PSX based in Washington). It depends. But there's a good chance it will end up at the logistics endpoint (Carvana?) in your state.

In NC with Rivian, I've heard differing stories. Some land in NC, other people have had to go to VA to pick them up.

 

[FlyHappy]

Loopholes. Slate will "sell" it to a "(Carvana?) dealer" in a different state, then transfer it. This is a bunch of crap to get around the state rules. I'm in NC and we deal with this too.

A similar example is when I bought a used car a few years ago by Autotrader's Private Seller program, which uses an escrow broker, they transferred the North Carolina seller's title to Washington (Washington!), then transferred it to me back in NC.

It went pretty easy and seamless. I expect something similar with Slate. The intermediary state may be Illinois. We'll see.

for sure, but it seems clear and confirmed today that some states are more onerous then others to work the loopholes, such as our friends in Louisiana. Of course, it may just be "pure logistics", ie - Slate seeking to physically deliver in-state, etc. Regardless, inconsistency of state laws and the varying influence of dealership lobbies causing consumer pain.

 

[tubes]

for sure, but it seems clear and confirmed today that some states are more onerous then others to work the loopholes, such as our friends in Louisiana. Of course, it may just be "pure logistics", ie - Slate seeking to physically deliver in-state, etc. Regardless, inconsistency of state laws and the varying influence of dealership lobbies causing consumer pain.

Absolutely, I agree with you my friend. Each state is different. It is the same with insurance. Insurance is a state controlled service. I see dangerous advice on Reddit and the internet about insurance by people who have no idea that insurance rules differ wildly in each state.

 

[sglewiswl]

We need a couple of large states to change the direct to consumer laws for all car manufacturers and let them duke it out for sales.