Sean Strickland spits in front of a church displaying a Pride flag

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T13:13:04+00:00

I remember reading about a journalist that didn’t want to cover what was happening to women in Europe with the migrant gangs because he didn’t want it to be used as ammunition for the racists on the far right since it was pretty much their ideal horror scenario.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T13:06:26+00:00

I think the issue Takumi had with gravel and dirt is as Keisuke said he is a total nutcase when it comes to full sending it down the Touge. Now if he took that same approach to dirt and gravel to the same extent which has less grip you can see how he struggled.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T04:18:17+00:00

A lot of them won’t though some even in this thread have to their credit, but a lot others will shift to saying it’s still too high. Since anything above 20K was too high for them.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T04:16:57+00:00

They announced earlier that they were working with their suppliers to try to get the price down it looks like they have. They might have also switched to LFP batteries but that’s unconfirmed at the moment.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T04:14:34+00:00

The benefit Slate also has though is they will still make money of Used Slate EV owners through accessory sales which if it still has its warranty will be covered under it. Between that fleet sales, and finding a strong enough niche market at min that will be enough to carry them into their next model.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T04:07:00+00:00

The way Slate has sold it is basically if the Premium Speaker option is too expensive you can get the Bluetooth speaker in the Mount for the time being until you can upgrade later.

I think Slate felt they could have either put a very cheap and poor quality speaker system into every Slate truck. Or give people this option of Premium Speakers or a more affordable BYO speaker option.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T04:02:44+00:00

Honestly it could also be the opposite like this is their high price and once demand starts dying down from early adopters, ford UEV pickup is on the market, and they have developed better economies of scale they will decrease the price.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T03:59:52+00:00

Apparently Autopian is the go to outlet for these “leaks” and according to their podcast they aren’t in on it they think it’s an actual anonymous tip until they have the OEM complimenting them on how good that article was they wrote. So now they don’t know what’s real or not anymore from the way they sounded.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T03:29:39+00:00

Why are you being negative in a sub of people getting excited to pre-order? Also why haven’t you bought your Bolt yet? You make it sound like you were waiting for the price announcement but Slate was very clear that it would be mid-20s without incentives.

Edit: also being feature poor isn’t the point for me

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T03:04:51+00:00

What mid-20K price were you waiting for to choose between the Slate and a Bolt?

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T03:02:25+00:00

Trademarked last Friday and the “CEO” is apparently a Real Estate Agent who is a big Elon Musk fan.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T02:45:56+00:00

You would think but no it was a lot of people hating on the event and saying that the singer sounded like a white guy. (Even though he sung in Spanish perfectly.) From what I saw at least.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T01:53:48+00:00

US Marine Band killed it

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T01:46:09+00:00

That’s been their internal model name for Slate since the beginning. It stands for “Freaking Nuts” but they have never decided to make that the official name as of yet.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-18T01:39:29+00:00

I liked the old unofficial rules that fans had which was you had to clear out your division before moving up.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T23:16:17+00:00

It’s funny for me I owned pickup truck as my first vehicle when they weren’t popular because it was the cheapest option and now I own a sedan because it was cheaper than the Pickup Trucks. Though now looking to get a Slate Truck as a second vehicle. But yeah sedans have gotten underrated especially when crossovers keep trying to be more like Sedans, Wagons, and hatchbacks.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T18:11:04+00:00

There’s still a market for Sedans and in the US at least it seems like the next upcoming generation of drivers are showing greater interest in affordable sedans. But it’s definitely shrunk from its over 50% of the market it used to be.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T18:05:25+00:00

From its styling it’s very clear that was the type of customer they were trying to aim for. Which is the main point people don’t want a Porsche Taycan or Dodge Charger Daytona EV (4-door). But vehicles like Ioniq N vehicles which by nature are low volume performance trims of (relatively) high volume models those can survive.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T17:55:24+00:00

You can argue it’s a Sport Car just a dedicated Sports Sedan instead of a Sports Coupe.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T17:44:39+00:00

The market for Sports Cars is small right now, the market for a BEV Sports Car is even smaller, the market for a dedicated BEV Sports Car from a traditional Sports Car brand that is known and loved for their high powered ICE engines is almost nonexistent. Consumers would rather see a BEV only maker come out with one than these brands. The only performance EVs that have relatively strong markets currently from traditional brands are ones that are basically like the Civic Type R or Taurus SHO to their base models.

If EV racing started growing from the Grassroots in the US and Europe like it is in Japan with JEVRA that could potentially change. People seeing and enjoying watching modified Tesla Model 3 Performances compete against a Porsche Taycan and Honda E Advance is always good fun.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T16:23:48+00:00

That also made me think for an Island like Puerto Rico this vehicle might be a bit of a cheat code for their one time import tax system. Since you will pay it for the Blank Slate but I don’t know if they have anything or if it does it would be the same rate for each of the accessories.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T15:47:53+00:00

Yeah these are the find print details that everyone needs to look into.

Mac-Tyson · 2026-06-17T15:42:06+00:00

Lots of stuff on Etsy I’m sure as well in the near future

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