RHD for those of us who call a mile 1.6kms

[Bauer]

Hope they are already on this in the backlog of the design department to make a right hand drive version for the international market.

Just like Warsaw, there would be facilities just ripe for this in places like the Phillipines or India ready to set up to produce these in bulk. The international market would go coco bananas for this ute.

 

[metroshot]

Don't forget a lot of other countries that drive on the left side of the road:

 

[catiare]

I think Australia will be a great market for the Slate. Right after North America.

 

[MotoGary]

Just to be clear; Left or Right Hand DRIVE is the position of the steering wheel and driver in the vehicle. The map refers to Left or Right Hand TRAFFIC which is the lane of travel of the vehicle.

Therefore:
A Left-Hand Drive vehicle is for Right-Hand Traffic (as in the US & all Blue on map)
A Right-Hand Drive vehicle is for Left-Hand Traffic (as in Australia & all Orange on map)

 

[Thinkgreen727]

Does Canada use kms?

 

[catiare]

Yes Canada uses metric.

 

[SichuanHot]

The speedo is all digital so it'll be trivial to change the units.

 

[cvollers]

The speedo is all digital so it'll be trivial to change the units.

I'm hopeful that it can be adjusted for different tire sizes.

 

[Bauer]

Cool map. I knew it wasn’t 50/50 but I was surprised at the amount of countries who drive on the wrong side of the road and have their steering wheel on the left. Surprised to to see the Philippines in blue too but I guess it makes sense so maybe a Thailand rhd factory to pump these things out by the 1000’s.

 

[MotoGary]

Cool map. I knew it wasn’t 50/50 but I was surprised at the amount of countries who drive on the wrong side of the road and have their steering wheel on the left. Surprised to to see the Philippines in blue too but I guess it makes sense so maybe a Thailand rhd factory to pump these things out by the 1000’s.

I'm not gonna take the bait on the "wrong side of the road" comment. But why a factory in Thailand for Right-hand drive models? Why not Aussieland? If they can build it for under $30K in the US, surely they can do the same in AU?

 

[Bauer]

The automotive industry in Australia is much like the US I guess and has been shutting down for years. I absolutely applaud what Slate are doing and I just couldn’t see Australia ever coming back like that. Unions, minimum wage, rent, politics etc would get in the way of a good thing. Most reasonably priced cars come from the Asian market to here. I’d see slate in that bucket where lower wage/parts/freight etc are going to be critical in producing these vehicles to a price point and I can’t see any way that Australia could produce these to an exportable price point.