Slate pickup sighting in downtown Warsaw, IN! (w/ frunk, bed, charging port closeup)

[Luxrage]

What I love about the Slate is the vintage, utility look with a nod to those old farm Fords, Dodges and Internationals that kept running for decades. I pretty much abused my old Honda Element which had the plastic side panels and they held up great after skis, kayaks and bikes crashed into them. Wonder if Slate body panels can have some recycled content which I look for whenever possible.

I believe the reason the Slate is that 'grey' color is that is the easiest color for when you use recycled / recovered plastics for matching. That might just be a thing I heard many years ago but it does bode well if they are looking to mass produce plastic panels. I'll gladly replace a damaged fender with a 'core' charge if it means the fender's getting recycled into another one!

 

[sodamo]

I believe the reason the Slate is that 'grey' color is that is the easiest color for when you use recycled / recovered plastics for matching. That might just be a thing I heard many years ago but it does bode well if they are looking to mass produce plastic panels. I'll gladly replace a damaged fender with a 'core' charge if it means the fender's getting recycled into another one!

Way back too many years ago when I was working a business that produced what were called rubber bumpers, grayish was the raw color. Still showed variations from molding etc. I know things have made progress but sometimes they don’t change completely. A task was color matching. Back then, we were working on computer matching but every production was hand matched, before and after production. If Slate can avoid that cost, nice.

 

[NovaTrees]

I'm absolutely in love with how tiny it is. This is exactly what I want!

 

[theonetruestripes]

I will say, one thing I don’t like about it is the hood is just flat. I think if it had some contours it would look better

Yeah, you are probably paying the price for the design goal of it being easy to wrap which makes flat expanses good and curves bad.

 

[sodamo]

I'm absolutely in love with how tiny it is. This is exactly what I want!

Candidate for DYI mod? Bars, scoop, whatever. Fake scoop on an EV 🤙

 

[HiSlate]

Why doesn't Slate just colorize the plastic panels? they could even have a situation like those Legos that are multi colored because they switch the color during manufacturing.

 

[evtruth]

Why doesn't Slate just colorize the plastic panels? they could even have a situation like those Legos that are multi colored because they switch the color during manufacturing.

As soon as you start adding colors you add cost. The whole point of this truck is low cost. It's all but guaranteed that somebody will come out with aftermarket composite panels that are colored.

 

[AZFox]

Candidate for DYI mod? Bars, scoop, whatever. Fake scoop on an EV 🤙

Cowl induction!

 

[cadblu]

Why doesn't Slate just colorize the plastic panels? they could even have a situation like those Legos that are multi colored because they switch the color during manufacturing.

Closeups of the 12V power port and light lamp in frunk, and the fluid caps.

Gotta love those vintage knobs / caps for topping off fluids. Like an old WW2 radio receiver … “Come in Tokyo”. lol.

 

[skidoofast]

Why doesn't Slate just colorize the plastic panels? they could even have a situation like those Legos that are multi colored because they switch the color during manufacturing.

if it’s one color you only need to stock and store 1 color, if you had 10 colors you’d need space to warehouse 10 different variations of each part and multiples of each part

 

[SlateChick]

Looks So Cool!! Perfect to haul my StreetStrider & AddMotor M360 around in the back (with the tail down most likely).

 

[The Weatherman]

Let's be realistic here. No contracting company is going to use a fleet of F150 Lightning EVs to do actual work. They'll use F250/Silverado 2500s/Ram 2500 and up with varying bed types. If you want to compare work specs, the Rivian has a leg up on the Ford in all metrics, even towing (11000lbs vs 7700lbs). At the end, both trucks are lifestyle trucks and it just so happens the Rivian is the better truck.

Opinions are fine. Facts are better.

I own an F150 Lightning Lariat and it’s tow rating 10k not 7.7k. The Platinum trimmed version is 7.7k.

 

[evtruth]

Opinions are fine. Facts are better.

I own an F150 Lightning Lariat and it’s tow rating 10k not 7.7k. The Platinum trimmed version is 7.7k.

Last I checked the tow rating for the Lightning was based on extended range battery or not (less towing capacity for standard range battery). Has that changed?

 

[The Weatherman]

As far as I am aware the same numbers still hold true.

 

[evtruth]

As far as I am aware the same numbers still hold true.

Yeah, those are the numbers I remember. They are based on both extended range AND "max tow package."

The weird thing is that Ford's tow ratings on the Lightnings are less than their ICEV trucks...

Meanwhile my Silverado EV will tow 12.5K and the TurboMax Silverado 1500 tows only 9.6K. 🤔