The especially sad thing about that is most of the US cars that are sold in Europe seem to be either customized to the Euro market or only sold in Europe (or maybe more accurately, anywhere but the US?). So, they are likely better in many ways than what we have in the US market - and they're still kind of shit. It's just that the US only models seem to be even worse with less variety on top.

Between our local stores, I have checkout issues are Target FAR MORE than I do at Walmart. My biggest issue at one of our Walmarts is that I always prefer self-checkout but they sometimes only open one set of 4 kiosks, which generates a line of 4-5 people at a time. I'm sure there are registers open somewhere, but I'll take a minute or two of pain over wandering to find an open staffed register most days.

Our Target is a complete clusterfuck for checkout (and it's not even a big city or anything). There are just FOUR self-checkouts total and maybe 10-15 actual registers. But at any given time I end up there there are 0 to 1 registers actually staffed and open and a line of literally 10-12 people waiting at self-checkout. It is completely absurd and I fill out the stupid receipt survey every time. It happens almost every single time I walk in that store.

Right now, this month, they are finally doing some renovations at our Target and I am really hoping they are adding more self-checkout kiosks. If they refuse to staff actual registers, they need 8-10 kiosks at a minimum most days.

It's been reported that the center dash will be able to fit a double din head unit (though physical mounting/wiring may be up to you - I would expect eventually someone makes a slightly more plug and play kit for it).

There's only one screen in the slate (a very tiny one in the center of the instrument cluster) that is basically only there to display the backup camera video, in addition to being the speedometer and showing other charging and vehicle information. It has nothing to do with infotainment though. It doesn't even connect to their optional speaker kits - you'd still need to connect your phone or some other device to those, even the ones that mount into the dash.

I think it's just if you're using old.reddit.com, I don't recall seeing anything about the regular reddit site (which is absolute trash compared to old reddit) requiring being logged in.

What?

Practically double the driving range? Hmm. 205 miles vs 321 for the base RWD M3, which is the $36k version. Yes, it is "more" miles, but not 100%, more like 60%. Even the Premium RWD model is 363, which is still pretty far from "double" and an additional $5500.
Higher towing capacity? Sure... for another $1300 tow package. And it's 2200 vs the Slate's 2000 - technically higher but barely worth considering it different.

I can't figure out why so many people seem to have made it their life's work to convince other people they don't want this truck.

There's a small screen for the driver display that shows the speed, estimated range, odometer, etc. That is the backup camera screen. But it's tiny. Maybe 5" diagonal? And the rest of the display area in front of the driver is just indicator lights (drive selection and other stuff).

You mean, like how literally every other car is advertised in the US? OK.

Your post is actually the first I've heard of this one, so I poked around a little.

Literally nothing I found instilled any confidence this guy will be delivering any trucks. At all. It almost reads like a ploy to scam money out of people who are anti-Slate and playing up as much as possible about the differences between the gas and electric. Just reading the "how it stacks up" section on their website tells me everything I need to know about their intentions.

Somehow the "gas I4" is "proven" - but they don't say what engine it is or will be, but it's already "proven" (and never mind the 500k mile "powertrain life" claim). The REO seats "up to 6" but for the Slate, 5 "costs extra". Are they trying to imply the double cab or SUV version of the REO will be the same price as the 2-door pickup? Good luck with that. And the big-ticket repair? Surely an engine failure would be considered a big-ticket repair and not "affordable" for the REO, no? If the battery on an EV is "$$$$", so is the I4. And let's just ignore the 10 yr/110k mile battery warranty for the Slate. Are these people going to warranty their engine for 10 years (or maybe the 500k miles they claim for the powertrain life)? I also don't quite buy the 600 mile range of the REO - that would require, at a minimum, a 24 gallon tank (using their estimated 25 mpg) - which would be HUGE for a truck that size. Where do they plan to put that? That's way bigger than any current mid-size pickup and this thing is supposed to be a lot smaller than those.

And I'm just going to otherwise ignore the out-of-date other specs for the Slate. Sure, they were just officially updated yesterday - but there's no way anyone at REO doesn't already know that.

There's usual marketing speak and then there's just plain deception and bullshit.

Having said all of that, if they can manage to produce something at least close to the specs they're claiming, close to the timeline they're projecting, and close to the price they're estimating, that would be great. We need more disruption in the US auto industry, of any kind. But I just don't see a single reason to believe anything will actually happen with it - especially at $21k (more than 2 years from now). I hope they prove me wrong though.

Website: https://reotrucks.com/

I suspect there will be some limitations and/or requirements to the 6% rate... kind of like T-Mobile Money has a limit to it's "higher than average" interest rate (it's 4% for the first $3k and 2.5% beyond that). So if you have more than $3k in there, you're actually getting less than a good HYSA will give you. I'm not sure if they still do, but T-Mobile also had other requirements to even qualify for the 4% rate (like a minimum number of debit transactions per month, last I recall).

100%. They will fight tooth and nail to not be considered a bank (and therefore not have to be regulated as one). Though, really, at this point in the game of US politics, even if they do try to regulate it, he can surely just offer a "donation" to kill any potential enforcement - or even kill the regulation itself.

If hating nazis and making choices to not fund their nonsense is "partisan politics" ... then sign me up!

And honestly, that's before you consider all of the lies and delays and missed deadlines and shifted goalposts of his entire "robotaxi" concept that may never actually happen at scale.