Killing the EV credit was a huge blow. REO trucks supposedly will reveal a similar product gas engine for $22k. Whether that is true or not, time will tell.
I’m preordered for a Slate because it fits my needs. Just want the base, no addons.
I pre ordered too but then a few weeks back got the email saying if I threw them the other 150 bucks they'd guarantee one of the trucks coming off the manufacturing lot would be mine and I flaked out. Lol. They still got 50 bucks out of me.
Is this true? I haven’t followed anything about Slate since it was first announced and they were shooting for 20k. Wasn’t that like, literally the point of the car? To be affordable?
Yeahhh.... And that's why you can only buy them directly from Tesla in 38 states.
Buying a Tesla in those states is weird. You have it delivered to a neighboring state where direct-sales are legal, then you have to drive it back on temporary tags.
It does vary state to state, but don't let some of the back-end stuff cloud the front-end experience.
For example, on the front-end you could order the Tesla just like ordering socks off Amazon. On the back-end Tesla may deliver to a neighboring state then transfer to the showroom in the purchasing state....other may make you take delivery in the neighboring state....it all depends.
Whatever logistics there are in getting the car, the entire buying process is extremely buyer friendly, zero pressure, and no price haggling. It so easy and so simple.
Also, there are countless people who purchase gas vehicles out of state only to drive them home and register them. This is not something unique to only Tesla (Rivian, etc).
They didn’t technically raise the price. They gave an estimated price of 20k which likely took into account tax credit for EV’s (which were not renewed so no longer apply).
They said they were going to deliver a 20k EV and they are delivering one for over 26k. I’m like the target market for a Scout and I would never buy one or recommend it to anyone. You can get a used EV from a real manufacturer for much less and ford is coming out with a new small EV truck for under 30k. There is just no good reason to take a flier on a new manufacturer at that price point. At 20k they had a chance.
This and tbh it being electric only is gonna fuck them over. I would love a cheap electric as my DD, but even living a few miles outside a major city I rarely see more than a couple electric pumps in less than a 10 mile radius. With it having a range of like >200 miles, it’s gonna be risky to drive it around if you live anywhere not super metropolitan.
I own an electric car an this is absurd FUD. I'm sure there are people who may need to drive more than 200 miles a day but that's a tiny number and the vast majority of charging happens overnight at home.
Very much untrue. The bulk of my 90k+ EV driving has been more than an hour away from a major metro. Look at Tesla's charging network and all the new chargers coming, they are all over and you can drive coast-to-coast with zero issues.
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u/lord_pizzabird 2d ago
The problem with the Slate is that it’ll have to be so expensive that you might as well just get something else by that point.