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i wish Slate success but at the same time it will be just another Jeff Bezos fail, just like blue origin. Just becabuse Amazon had huge success doesn’t mean every business he start will. And the CEO is a ex Chrysler CEO. Which when have you seen a Chrysler? Little to never.
 
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THil08 said:
i wish Slate success but at the same time it will be just another Jeff Bezos fail, just like blue origin. Just becabuse Amazon had huge success doesn’t mean every business he start will. And the CEO is a ex Chrysler CEO. Which when have you seen a Chrysler? Little to never.
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Apparently they recruited talent from Rivian, Tesla, and a few other EV companies.

But I completely agree with everything you said.
 
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Is $.42/kwh comparable to super chargers, etc? I have no idea. Seems a touch high? Should have watched longer-they showed comparable chargers
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Depends. .38 cents during peak time here and .22 cents for off peak like 8pm6am etc
 
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Apparently they recruited talent from Rivian, Tesla, and a few other EV companies.

But I completely agree with everything you said.
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Seems to have no comfort features. No wonder it’s 25k. Boring hahaha. It won’t sell most likely. But maybe for some that’s what they want.
 
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Currently I’m getting just over 500 miles on the Accord hybrid (600 in summer) on a 12 gallon tank. At $3.40-ish/gallon I’m at roughly $42-45/fill up so on a road trip I’ll actually spend more than current but assuming charge at home will be cheaper. So for me I can claim convenience and earth saving as my advantages and realizing I’m going from a solid aerodynamically designed sedan to a brick on wheels.
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Charging at the house here is like .15 cents a kw regardless of time of day since our provider doesn’t offer off peak discount. Still loads cheaper than .38 cents at a super charger.
 
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I think it’s weird kinda like bezos himself lol. Can’t wait to see them rolling around with Amazon prime wraps on them.


With that said I’m staying loyal to Scout. I won’t be moving over to Slate, it’s not for me. Sure is it cool that they are 25k sure, but by the time it’s fully spec’d out you would be better off buying a base model Scout. And plus crank windows are for work trucks only, passenger vehicles don’t have them anymore.
 
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Yeah it has some great customization. To bad the price will probably start to climb on it when you start selecting those customizations. I messed around on their website a bit. If it towed more than a Jetta Sportswagon then you know I might think about it, but its currently listed as towing capacity of 1000lbs....

I don't mind the manual windows, especially since you can get automatic ones. There's definity a sense of trying to hit every market they can. Guess we'll have to see what they actually price out at once a person gets them into the niche they want to be in.
 
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Out of Spec has a video up already.
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Ok so my thoughts on this are hopefully it’s safe, may be for a beginner driver or a certain market and glad it’s cheap and can be simple. I think it could be for many people.
Not my preference but the economy is tight and will see how it fluctuates. There should be a sub 20-25k market because it is needed. I just got an ad for a new Indian motorcycle yesterday… starting at $46k… and a Mr G watch for $4500 like what. Thats not my market either for toys.
 
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Ok so my thoughts on this are hopefully it’s safe, may be for a beginner driver or a certain market and glad it’s cheap and can be simple. I think it could be for many people.
Not my preference but the economy is tight and will see how it fluctuates. There should be a sub 20-25k market because it is needed. I just got an ad for a new Indian motorcycle yesterday… starting at $46k… and a Mr G watch for $4500 like what. Thats not my market either for toys.
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I’ve only looked at this briefly and it’s just too stripped down for that much money. They are saying $20 but really it sounds like that’s after the $7500 tax credit. So $27,500 and you don’t even get power windows or a radio.

No thanks. And don’t get me started on how it looks.
 
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The 90mph is definitely an issue, what happens if I want to Baja it at 100+ mph? I hope Scout’s don’t cap out at a stupid low number.

I also saw a good comment on YouTube, that Slate we’ll be another Fisker. If they can’t deliver on the price point.

That’s something that RJ from Rivian needs to understand about flooding the EV market with more and more companies, yes is it good for competition, but as each company fails it hurts the economy and market.
 
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