Check my contacts app for what, exactly?

That’s why he merged with xAI and SpaceX and X 🤦

Don’t think he cares. His wealth has grown precipitously since dismantling all corporate regulation.

If I ask or tell them anything at all, they just get annoyed because they don’t care.

I don’t have any kids. But I’ve been in similar situations. My previous employment place used Facebook for company comms. I spoke out about it many times. I’ve volunteered for multiple orgs and asked them to move to Nextcloud several times and they just refused. I’ve even turned down volunteer opportunities because they refused to communicate over anything other than Google Chat. No one cares.

Brother, you’ve lobbed an absolute myriad of dumb takes here. And you’ve just added another one. Slate is not even remotely owned by Amazon. None of the executives are from Amazon. CEO Chris Barman is from FCA, Rodney Copes is from Harley Davidson, CFO Ryan Green is from Rivian, CCO Jeremy Snyder is from Tesla, other executives come from Stellantis, Ford and GM. Jeff Bezos is not Amazon. He is invested as Jeff Bezos, not as Amazon. And even if he were, Amazon is not ordering the batteries for them. You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

So long Facebook, see you never, until one day I inexplicably need to use your platform to get updates from my kid’s school.

This makes me so fucking angry.

LFP is only typically about 15% less energy dense than NMC.

That is significant.

You’re dead wrong about EV manufacturers moving off NMC

Prove it.

LFP is cheaper to make and lasts way longer.

It’s also less energy dense and charges/discharges slower. We’ve already been over this.

The tax credit didn’t get killed off until the end of 2025.

…it doesn’t matter? The tax credits are not applied to the OEM when they purchase the batteries, they’re applied to the end consumer when they purchase the vehicle. That’s why they immediately raised the price of the vehicle when they ended.

Way after Amazon had already purchased the batteries

…what does Amazon have to do with anything?

(this is well known and documented. Go see for yourself).

It’s well known and documented that there is no more tax credit.

The 100k battery replacement is pretty spot on.

No, it’s spot way off. This has been proven with thorough studies time and time again.

LOL yes it is.

The batteries are only 53kw\h in size

That’s the 150 mile model. No one is going to buy that. That’s just the model they offer on the lowest rung of the price ladder.

because they want the full $7,500 tax credit

…there is no more tax credit.

No manufacturers want to use those batteries anymore because they only last like 2\5 the charge cycles compared to LifeP04

…WTF are you talking about? Virtually everyone is still using them for much higher energy density and power. Almost no one is using LFP.

You’ll need a new battery after 100,000 miles.

Incorrect again.

You should really learn more about what you’re talking about before stating it so confidently.

No, more like several thousand. In addition to charging faster.

It’s nothing to do with weight or material but aerodynamics.

FUTO license proposes to actually generate income for “source available” developers. It’s worked out very well for open source Immich.

That’s not true at all. Everything you actively send the server is not private but it’s also not unnecessarily collecting all sorts of personal information or tracking you around the web.

You are misinformed. Signal has your phone number and that’s it. This has been demonstrated time and time again with legal documents.

WTF? Is this MySpace? No thank you.

Yes, zero connectivity, relatively affordable, highly customizeable, and repair-friendly (for now). The only connectivity is through the phone app. Only downside is you have to buy a stupid truck. They could have made it a lot cheaper as a coupe.

What are the chances that it’s just lying? Or re-enables itself periodically?

😱

Depends entirely on your car make and model. On many models you can disconnect or remove the fuse for the telematics control unit (TCU) and it’s as simple as that. However you won’t receive any OTA updates that will likely solve problems. And if you reconnect to get them, there’s no guarantee your car doesn’t suddenly dump all your personal data obtained in the meantime onto company servers. Further I find it more and more likely that OEMs either already have or will add a ToS that requires you to keep all this stuff connected, and they’ll argue that the data collection is part of the sale.

Slate seems to be the only brand currently that intends to deliver vehicles with zero connectivity required.

Did they actually “hack” it though or is it just clickbait