Slate Test Drive Reviews Are Here -- Compilation (Auto Journalist Impressions)

• It took the author longer to roll down the window with seven cranks that it did to "get up to speed on a fast two-lane back road" in Newport, whatever that means.
• The ride is described as "smooth, even over some bumpy Rhode Island beach roads, but not exactly nimble or sporty". I remember reading somewhere else that the Slate folks implied that the suspension will be tuned before deliveries start (maybe I hallucinated it?), but I can't track down the source now.
• The side mirrors are manually adjustable.
• "fairly aggressive" regen breaking on the one-pedal driving. Tracks with other reviewers calling it "Tesla-style" (again, no source here, I remember hearing it in some YouTube video from a year ago)
• No updates on the preorder numbers, still the same "10,000 people put down nonrefundable deposits of $250 to $300 in the first two hours" number we've seen before.
• Apparently Slate says that the trucks will ship "with nicer interior materials", I guess that's nice. Not too nice though, because "It won’t ever be confused with luxury electric pickups from Rivian or Tesla."

bartflossom said:

Is the boston Globe one worth paying a buck to get through the paywall?

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Administrator said:

First test drive reviews of the Slate prototype by auto journalists are now in. We'll keep updating this list as new reviews are posted.

Boston Globe
Business Insider
Car and Driver
Engadget
Motortrend
Top Gear

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ignorantForager said:

Here's the web archive of the Boston Globe Article. No paywall: https://archive.ph/d1SKX

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evilsaloon said:

I remember reading somewhere else that the Slate folks implied that the suspension will be tuned before deliveries start (maybe I hallucinated it?), but I can't track down the source now.

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bartflossom said:

Is the boston Globe one worth paying a buck to get through the paywall?

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