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points by HTTP418 1 day ago | 0 comments
No idea why it "failed" or was discontinued. From what i remember there was a huge waitlist to get one. I know lots of people that wanted on. It looked amazing IMO. I dont think it was a demand issue that caused it to be canceled
[–] MOARDONGZPLZ 1 day ago
To be fair, if the waitlist length was to be believed, they were made when the vehicle was advertised with substantially better capabilities at substantially lower costs. A lot of people cancelled reservations when the actual specs were announced.
[–] conductr 1 day ago
The initial hype is easy to get caught up in. I jump on the list with Slate on day one and ultimately decided I didn’t want it. That’s after years of wanting basically exactly what they’re building. I mostly decided the range was insufficient and it was too underpowered for towing (specs were not originally announced IIRC). I also wanted to see one in person first and never got that opportunity, I wish they did a body only roadshow leading up to the purchase decision, but ultimately was concerned it might just feel uncomfortable. I was early enough that I was able to secure the first month of delivery but declined it.

Funny thing is I don’t think it’s actually as cheap as many people expect. Because I think most people will be doing $5-10k of addons just to get some pretty base functionality and mods it comes without. Still think it’s a cool concept