I want the Slate to succeed, but unless you need a truck bed daily, a used Bolt offers greater value for the average person at a lower price.
I feel like it’s more for someone going to Home Depot and IKEA most weekends than someone who needs a truck bed daily to haul gravel and 15 horses 800 miles across a glacier
I’m a bit out of the loop, the slate doesn’t have a modem and GPS? I assume the bolt does? Seems like an important factor these days.
It’s a car, not computer. Lack of wireless connectivity is nothing but a plus in my books. My phone has an internet and GPS for when I need them.
That was my point.
Seems like an important factor these days.
Seems like something I’d want to avoid at all costs these days.
Yes, but it’s moot from a privacy standpoint for most if you bring your cell phone in the car.
Whatever the right amount of distrust in phones, the distrust in car makers is much much greater.
Yes we know phones have radios in them thank you.
And if you need a truck bed daily you’re probably going to buy a truck with a full size one, instead of a 5ft bed which barely gives you more storage space than the trunk of a wagon.
I want one of those so badly since it’s perfect for my use cases but I also don’t want to be an early adopter.
Jeff Bezos being one of the owners is a big turn off for me.
You might’ve been misled there: bezos is an early investor in slate, but he doesn’t own the company and doesn’t even currently have representation on the company’s board. Bezos reportedly hasn’t been involved in decision-making for the company and doesn’t have an ownership stake, so I’m willing to accept that slate simply took his early support without handing him the reins
Might as well be a Tesla. No thanks.
Bezos isn’t an owner and slate says he hasnt been making decisions. Not to mention, as much as I hate bozos, he hasn’t came out as a nazi, so elons still waaayyy worse.
Yeah, I mean, there’s no such thing as a free range, ethically sourced, organic car, either. At least Slate isn’t a megacorp.
I love this concept, just wish I had the money or use case for one.
Not giving our money to business ventures backed by Jeff Bezos.
That’s what we should do.
