Locator: 48659DOA.
Who won? Link here.
That didn't take long. The bill passes and within minutes we have stories that the Slate will no longer be marketed as available "under $20,000."
I'll link the stories as I come across them. I think I have three in the queue.
I believe I was the only ad-free, subscription-free Bakken blog to mention the Slate when it was first revealed. I'll post that link when I find it; consider that fact-checking.
By the way, except for some production models and some marketing photo-ops, the Slate will be DOA.
The Verge, link here.
TechCrunch: link here.
TeckCrunch: link here.
From the blog, link here.
EV: Slate -- this is what you get for $27,000 (-$7,000 Federal credit) = $20,000 -- not much. InsideEVs, link here.
- no paint, no radio (much less stereo, LOL), no touchscreen
- Amazon's Bezos is a fan; link here;
- if it succeeds, Firestone Service will pivot; if one use's one's imagination, "the concept" could work, but it will take someone with vision and big bucks.
