Slate full teardown after 160K miles

[Sparkie]

Slate loves to show PROGRESS without showing DETAILS, which I get, but the details are what I want.

True!
So, just like a kid at Christmas, we impatiently wait for details and the truck itself.

 

[E90400K]

🤔
Hmm....

I'm still excited about Slate Auto.
However, this video is about as informative (sarcasm) as the winter driving video.

After all, the truck is RWD, so why show a "tear down" only from the front?

Exactly. The things that kill any type of machine are dirt infiltration and heat. Other than the heat exchanger in the front bumper, all action happens at the rear of the vehicle.

 

[ElectricShitbox]

Exactly. The things that kill any type of machine are dirt infiltration and heat. Other than the heat exchanger in the front bumper, all action happens at the rear of the vehicle.

You can see the rear is torn down too, they're just only showing one camera view. The purpose of the video is to inform us that they're doing tests, not to share their results (even though I want results).

 

[sodamo]

Slate C Suite must sleep very well knowing they have such an active bevy of vocal critics. 😁

 

[E90400K]

You can see the rear is torn down too, they're just only showing one camera view. The purpose of the video is to inform us that they're doing tests, not to share their results (even though I want results).

Or...

It could be a build video just run backwards.

 

[motorolas]

🤔
Hmm....

I'm still excited about Slate Auto.
However, this video is about as informative (sarcasm) as the winter driving video.

After all, the truck is RWD, so why show a "tear down" only from the front?

These videos aren’t for us, haha. It’s a marketing video for the youths and the folks who may be interested but not sure if a startup truck can last.
Slate wants to assure folks that their truck can last for miles. At least that’s what they want to portray.
Crowds like us need more than “💪”.
I’ll take what I can get and review their shorts in slow-mo until we have more info.
I don’t see substantial info and videos until closer to June and even then after release.

 

[Sparkie]

These videos aren’t for us, haha. It’s a marketing video for the youths and the folks who may be interested but not sure if a startup truck can last.
Slate wants to assure folks that their truck can last for miles. At least that’s what they want to portray.
Crowds like us need more than “💪”.
I’ll take what I can get and review their shorts in slow-mo until we have more info.
I don’t see substantial info and videos until closer to June and even then after release.

Yeah, I know what Slate intends with these video shorts and I do hope it is successful for Slate.
I'm certainly not a "youth", but I am still just as impatient as a kid at Christmas.
To me, these videos tease at me the way Santa Claus at the malls did so many years ago.