I sure hope so. Right now the car market is absolutely terrible. Either you pay top dollar for a brand-new car or you buy a used car that's also top dollar. And it doesn't seem to make much of a difference if it's an EV or not. The Slate is one of the few vehicles that turns my head. I'm sure I'll never buy one, but I also feel like I wouldn't buy anything else on the market right now either.
it's amazing how inflated car pricing is. idk how so many people can afford them, new or used. must be credit. Americans are awash in debt, personally and as a country. the spiral downward is dizzying
I'm riding my bike a whole lot more. I'm going to work exclusively by bike. I hope I don't get ran over. But I do use my helmet and a fluorescent yellow/orange reflective vest. I'm looking to install a S.O.N. before the days start getting too short. I got one on my wife's bike and it has worked great for several years now.
What Slate needs to offer is the same truth with a basic 4 cylinder ICE non turbo with a pogt injected intake. Also either a manual, non CVT and a non dual clutch transmission with a real torque converter. Now, I would buy one.
No problem. My BMW i3-REx had a built-in, 25 kWh generator. No transmission needed. Too early to tell but you might add your own generator for the bed and hack a back door charge circuit to the battery-motor buss. Since they claim a 200 mi range, I wouldn’t bother. Bob Wilson
Yeah, sadly the manual transmission is slowly becoming a thing of the past. I don't foresee many future cars getting a manual transmission and those that get one will likely be on more expensive models or trims, much like the GR Corolla. But I hear you. I loved driving a stick shift. Now driving is one thing, a chore. I guess the good thing is that now I do not own a manual transmission I've come to the realization that cars are only a tool. And at times there are better options than owning or driving a car. If my current car reaches the point it costs too much, or is impossible to keep on the road then I'll just try to figure out what's the next transportation tool that makes the most sense.
Seeing how there's one person in the world, named @Georgina Rudkus who'd buy on new, and one other, me, who'd wait for that one truck to become a used truck and then want to buy it, I'd say no, it wouldn't cover the costs. People buy vehicles to show off. It's a status symbol. A simple truck with a stick shift means you're on the bottom of the barrel in society's view. So very few would ever sell. This is why we don't have econo cars anymore. Sure, people (like me) complain, but then we'd never actually buy a new econo car, because we wait for someone else to buy one and hope to get one used when it's cheaper. But then the manufacturer doesn't sell enough and the car gets canceled in the USA. As a result, we used car buyers are stuck with ugly crossovers that are in many ways the exact opposite of what we want. But beggars can't be choosers. And it's a car, it gets you from point A to point B. That's all that matters.
if the slate ever becomes available, I might test drive one to see how it feels. if it's as good as the bolt, I wouldn't mind having a little pickup instead. I miss our old one now and then for hauling trash
upcoming rival for the Slate and Maverick from Toyota: Toyota Small Truck: Everything We Know Toyota Finally Confirms Small Truck Maverick Rival — ‘Not If, But When’ - Autoblog Toyota's new compact truck is coming for the Ford Maverick
Nope.... $26,500 plus TTL....when and if you can get one that's not a napkin drawing. One of THE cheapest new cars (CUVs) in America is currently a 2026 Hyundai Venue SE at $22150 including the often hidden destination charges. I'm a product (victim) of public education but one of those seems to be a less sucky transportation value for late 2026, and unlike the Slate you can buy one right now. It's a subcompact like most all of the other Johnny Cabs these days, but they get 30-some off MPG and they offer most of the basic needs for the hypercommuter or even a box-wine Mom. Buy one of those and a $4,000 prepaid gas card while you wait to see what happens with the SLATE.
I had two years in a parochial school, 7th and 8th grade, and hated it because of the “silver spoon” pukes and thin library. Public school had its problems but I learned how to learn and as a library aid, all the books I could read in the middle 1960s. As an aside, ICE experience taught me the purchase price is secondary, important but the operational costs determines what the total yearly cost of total ownership. At one time, Prius were criticized for being too expensive … sharing the same false claims repeated today against EVs. Bob Wilson
"Too expensive" is an irrational value, which sometimes leads to irrational purchases. Priuses used to be MORE expensive in some cases than their non-hybrid counterparts....and this is still true today. That's not a "false claim" that's an actual fact that is as immutable as the fact that some 'gassers' are more or less expensive than their BEV counterparts. If you want to break out the slide rule and do a 'stare and compare' then instead of using a mythical napkin drawing truck - perhaps use a for-real Prius........a wireless one would be best: The 2026 Toyota Prius has a starting MSRP of $29,745 ($28,550 for the base LE front-wheel-drive model before a $1,195 destination fee). The cheapest wireless 'gasser' as stated before is $22,150. SO....base on base you're looking at a nearly $7600 MSRP delta, and since you seem to have a 'one metric rule' for determining operating costs (MPG/MPGe) these two examples also have a 25mpg delta favoring the Prius. Insurance rates and taxes probably favor the Korean car while projected maintenance and repairs are probably close to scratch. Koreans call Japanese "Lazy Asians" for some pretty good reasons including the fact that the ROKs are building some pretty dang good cars - and yes..... They're probably still mad about WW1, Part 2. Either way - it's TRUE. EVEN nearly thirty years after the birth of the Prius? There's STILL a "Hybrid Premium." If you live in some Mad Max dystopian hellscape where gas is over $4 a gallon or if you hate the planet (or minorities) so much that you live more than a few miles from where you work then YES......the Hybrid premium "might" be easier to surmount. Like I said.... "Too Expensive" is an irrational value to plug into a math formula - you need "statistics" to make that make sense!
Funny number as +$29 k is what I paid new for my former 2017 Prius Prime. Later the trade in $18,300, for my current 2019 Tesla Model 3. I hope my actual costs have been helpful and not thought of as “slide rule” or AI fantasies. I’ll try to attach images of my actual costs footnoted in the future … since there is a hint of doubt. Is there something specific I’ve shared about EV ownership you’d like to see images of my actual costs? I’ll share what I have or cite detailed sources. Robert Wilson
slate truck is an ev, I think that's the point. not that it will be the cheapest truck, regardless of fuel
