Slate Truck vs. Extreme Cold, Snow, Ice (Testing by Engineers) - Documentary Video

[Sojourner]

Houghton, Michigan is a BEAUTIFUL little city/town.

Been there once or twice and loved everything about it. Even though a different place in the UP was our preferred location, we almost bought a house just south of Houghton, it was so nice. Sadly, the foundation had a big and problematic structural problem.... 😔

 

[E90400K]

That was a good video. Longer than 8 seconds. Slush test, the battery must go WTF!

 

[ScooterAsheville]

IIRC, battery packs are generally positively pressurized just a tiny bit to help prevent water intrusion. They also have one way poppet valves to drain any water intrusion.

I won't swear to that, but I remember watching a video way back that went into batteries underwater. Might have only been that one pack though. I want to say it was Tesla, but not sure.

 

[AZFox]

AudoWeek published an article about about the slush test and more.

Good publicity. 👍

Slate Truck Passes Slush Test, On Track for Q4 Debut
Bare-bones model is still supposed to be in 'mid-$20,000' range.

 

[NMNeil]

Show me the axle hop test, Slate. Run the truck around a washboard cuve at 40 MPH, and show me that the rear end remains planted.

Or any road here in New Mexico where I honestly think the Air Force uses them for bombing practice.