Slate announces Tesla supercharger access + 4,000 service / repair shops RepairPal partnership!

[KevinRS]

On repairing the motor-drive unit or battery, that probably won't be happening. If one fails, it will probably just be a swap, at least within the warrantee period. Any shop that does EV powertrain work should be able to do that quickly.
Maybe after that people will start working on the internals. Under federal law that's 8 years/100k miles, in California 10 years 150k miles on the battery at least. My guess is Slate will just go with the most stringent requirement and apply it nationwide.

 

[atreis]

I think I have it correct. $5,000.

The $3,500 price increase is my calculation for the 30kWh size increase based on a Goldman Sachs estimate of about $80/kWh (before profit) for EV batteries in 2026.

Add those numbers up, even at a MSRP of $25,000 ("mid twenties") the big battery Slate SUV is $34,000 estimated. $34K buys a leather-equipped 4-door Mazda CX-5, or a Chevy Equinox EV LT2. Both have way nicer interiors than the Slate AND a choice of paint colors. I doubt many soccer moms are going to want a 2-door SUV. I still have a concern that Slate will be carrying SUV kits 10 years into the 1st Gen Truck's lifespan.

Not trying to be an argumentative Troll, just stating reality.

The CX-5 isn't an EV, and while the Equinox is a fine EV, neither of them is a pickup. They're for different use cases.

And for me, neither are flat-towable. I figure the Slate, as I want it, will probably be close to $40K and I'm fine with that, so long as it's flat-towable.

 

[sodamo]

Hoping the full on SUV is closer to $3500 vs $5000 and further reduced maybe 1/3 to 1/2 (or more) without rollbar and seats. Pretty much decided I can survive nicely with standard battery, but would keep an open mind as to a new alternative.

 

[E90400K]

The CX-5 isn't an EV, and while the Equinox is a fine EV, neither of them is a pickup. They're for different use cases.

And for me, neither are flat-towable. I figure the Slate, as I want it, will probably be close to $40K and I'm fine with that, so long as it's flat-towable.

Please pay attention to the subject matter.

The subject I was discussing was when a buyer decides to buy the $5,000 SUV package and 84 kWh battery, which changes the Slate Truck to a $34K SUV with 240 miles of range, THEN the Slate IS comparable to a $34K ICE SUV or $34K EV SUV.