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Everywhere Slate put under 20k they also put after federal incentives, and every video I saw from a content creator also mentioned it.
Very true, but some posts seem to believe otherwise.
 

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Everywhere Slate put under 20k they also put after federal incentives, and every video I saw from a content creator also mentioned it.
Directly from the CEO's mouth in their very first ad:
"A Slate cost in the mid20s. Brand new."
Sure they went on to say that would be under-20k with incentives, but they have been saying mid-20s from the beginning.
 
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I did the math a while back. Adding the extended battery capacity (29 kWh) and using the predicted $/kWh production cost in 2026 (approx. $80) adds around $3,000 to the battery.
If it's that low, getting the extended battery will be a slam dunk.
 

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If it's that low [at $3,000], getting the extended battery will be a slam dunk.
And it opens up the possibility, and my hope, that the extended battery model is $27,500 and the base model is $24,500. This would put both of them in the "mid-20s" range.
 
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If the extended range ends up being NMC and the standard range LFP then the upgrade cost might be more than $3k since the NMC is a more expensive chemistry. The extended range battery would have to recoupe the price difference between LFP and NMC for the first 55 kWh also. My wild guess is $4k but who knows.
 

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If it's that low, getting the extended battery will be a slam dunk.
That's at production cost, not price to the Buyer.
 
 
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