Slate: Driving footage? We got you.

[jwocky]

Slate pickup driving footage posted by Slate Auto.

 

[motorolas]

When I saw this, I was thinking. I mean, it moves and there was a turn in there a few times. Haha. I get its marketing and this video may be for the youts

 

[Luxrage]

I really wish they'd give us at least one solid video of it just driving around. No cuts, nothing fancy. A simple ride along for a minute or two on some basic suburban roads.

 

[AZFox]

I really wish they'd give us at least one solid video of it just driving around. No cuts, nothing fancy. A simple ride along for a minute or two on some basic suburban roads.

I often (maybe too often) watch YouTube channels where people drive around having conversations in vehicles. They use action cameras (e.g. GoPros) or cellphones and wireless microphones. I seems pretty easy to do.

The better ones have multiple camera angles by mounting cameras on the dashboard or windshield or whatever. Maybe mount a GoPro on the rear window pointing forward to see the road ahead through the windshield. A moderately talented video editor can mix footage together for an excellent result.

Slate could pole-mount 360-degree camera on the tailgate and get cool views from there to mix in. The software edits out the pole, so it's just a bird-eye view that can pan around from above and behind the vehicle.

The perfect template for a video wold be a Video Motorcycle Review. The feviewer does a walk-around, starts the bike and rides it around (talking the whole time, of course), stops at some appropriate location (a park, a scenic viewpoint, etc) and does another walk-around, then rides back to the starting point and does a wrap-up walk-around.

Obviously there'd be drone footage in the mix.

Hey! Drone footage! Here's an idea for a 2-minute video, Slate:
Play the audio from some of the already-produced videos where people from Slate are talking about the company and the Truck. For the video, just show clips of a Truck driving around various places as viewed from a drone camera.

 

[Luxrage]

Exactly, it can be all nice and curated. It doesn't have to be a live-feed or anything like that. I just want to see it actually start and stop and drive around a bit.

We'll probably never get a prototype live-drive from anyone after Elio had the fender incident.

 

[E90400K]

I really wish they'd give us at least one solid video of it just driving around. No cuts, nothing fancy. A simple ride along for a minute or two on some basic suburban roads.

Agree. My opinion is that when someone only lets you look at something for just seconds or fractions of a second at a time, they are hiding something from you. These videos to me are just making the Slate endeavor mostly a smoke and mirrors operation. It does not build confidence in consideration that the truck will be worth purchasing.

I think Slate is doing itself a disservice with such videos.