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The 12V battery is the main battery on normal ICE cars. I'm sure things are more complicated now with BMW mild hybrids.

Like that horrendous Q&A video?

Only if there are slate themed crackers and creamy gouda cheese

Lucid might soon be out of the competition for a long range EV sedan if the BMW i3x is any indication. It's a crossover but already gets over 400miles of range and avoids any of the cheapy feeling stuff and poorly tuned suspension you'd find in a Lucid. The new i3 appears like it will get even...

The extent of the DIYability that will actually be present for end users.

Maybe now they'll finally start revealing actual details about the car...

Ford already does this in many of their cars. The hardware is there and already in vehicles. Greg on youtube covered this:

FarIcy is still thawing from the winter cold.

I wouldn't be. Honda had equipped the pre refresh 10th gen Civic Si with halogen projectors no doubt for cost savings. They still worked great with plenty of light output.

Back to basics philosophy and potential hackability to suit my needs

You might have to go in by hand and put o-rings and gasketing material where the dash and door panels mount to get rid of rattles. I doubt Slate will use damped plastic rivets.

To be fair, Korean EVs have similar lifecycle. There's a new style refresh for a platform every 2 years, which is crazy fast.

There's nothing wrong with focusing on range and having it as a key metric for EVs. It's one of the few big factors in the whole ICE vs EV debate that will also decide ultimate livability of the vehicle. The new BMW i3 will supposedly have 400 miles of range, which is impressive and makes the...

So it sounds like there's a chance Doug Demuro will be able to get his grubby hands on one that's not a press tailored vehicle.

How is Doug Demuro losing youtube subscribers or losing in general? Say what you will of him and his car review style, but what @ScooterAsheville is saying is correct. Doug built up his business and cultivated a following over the course of a decade after he left Jalopniik, which was already on...

The biggest fans are also the biggest critics.

Lithium based batteries' bulk of working efficiency is from 3.9v - 3.0v per cell. Charging the extra to 4.2v gets you the full capacity but isn't necessary because of the slower charge rate as it gets to 4.2v. As other mentioned it also increases wear on the battery.

Very interesting specs. I'll be curious to see what the real world range actually is.

You mention that Slate's value is in its DIYability, but to which extent is also not clear. There's nothing about Slate University or the things end users can actually DIY. When the price ends up being close to a fully kitted out competitor's EV, the value proposition vanishes.

GTA 6 will be out before Aptera enters commercial production for end users.