That deeply undercuts Rivian.

Approximately zero people who are in the market for a Rivian would consider buying this.

brendoelfrendo 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You wouldn't cross-shop a Rivian and a Slate. The Rivian is a high-end luxury vehicle with a laundry list of features, including things like self-driving. The Slate is literally the opposite: it has a laundry list of things it doesn't have and, indeed, its lack of features is part of the sales pitch.

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dpb001 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Right. Even the cheaper R2 just released is in a different market segment. There will be some cross-shopping of the Slate with the upcoming new platform Ford EV truck, which Ford is hinting will be $30K. Of course, I remember when Ford hinted that the F150 Lightening would initially be a $40K truck, so we'll see.

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frenchman_in_ny 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

On your point of self-driving, I was just looking into if this would be compatible with a comma.ai autopilot, and it looks like Slate doesn't even have the default hardware onboard to allow it (and there's no option to add it?). Unfortunate miss.

	▲	mikestew 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A “miss”? If you’re looking for self-driving HW in a $25K vehicle, I think you’re “missing” the point.

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marssaxman 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Someone is finally building an electric vehicle for people like me!

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ux266478 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The Rivian is a high-end luxury vehicle

High end luxury vehicles are coach built. The Ferrari Luce is a mid end luxury vehicle. Rivian is more like a low end luxury vehicle.

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pennomi 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Lack of features sounds better and better as time goes on. No thank you, I do NOT want my car sending telemetry data.