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Honda President After Visiting Chinese Auto Supplier:'We Have No Chance Against This' (www.motor1.com)
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[–] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Unfortunately with the US EV incentives gone the Slate is way overpriced for what it is. 150 mile range and manual crank windows and no radio or speakers at all on the base model for $28K. I can understand wanting a low tech vehicle but I think they might have gone a step too far.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago*

    I want them to survive so bad.

    I don't need my vehicle to be a third place. I don't want a molded dash with an entertainment center that will be obsolete when it's new and unable to be modified because they abandoned the DIN standard so you could only buy factory replacements. I just want a thing that can do ~50+ miles a day and recharge that overnight. Which Slate could do with just a regular 120v outlet.

    Who knows if they'll actually make it to market or if it'll be $40k+ by the time it does, but even without the EV incentive $28k puts it among cheapest new cars in the US. I'm just severely unenthusiastic about any other newer cars on the market if my current one dies.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I don't disagree. I think the issue Slate is facing is inflation and tariffs. I believe their president mentioned something about it. Even Mtsubishi pulled their Mirage off production, which I really liked.

    I do wish it had a higher range for the base model. 150mi is fine commuting, but sucks for road trips. I love the barebones truck concept.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Don't get me wrong, I really love the idea as well and really hope for Slate to succeed and make the v2 even better. All previous EV pickups were targeting the full-size truck crowd, but I think a compact EV truck makes wayyy more sense!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You're not wrong, but it's important to point out how overpriced ALL new cars are too. Within the existing pool of overpriced options, it is fairly "cheap".

    Personally I am willing to pay more specifically to avoid the surveillance nightmare that is every new vehicle, and I value simplicity over farkles, so I'm exactly Slate's target audience. I do worry whether there are enough luddites like me to help them succeed though.

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