I am a huge fan of the Slate. (SUV for her, base pickup for me.) Unfortunately, there are no plans to sell in Canada but maybe this will change. I think if/when Ford offered a high range. EV Maverick, it would be my first choice.
We have a deposit on one. Dizzy is going to need a replacement sooner that later.
We live equidistant from two towns 40 miles apart and the range of this the vehicle is in that sweet spot. Plus it's plastic and sans paint! I have 220 V in the garage so a station is not much of a lift.
Wife wants the square back SUV variant and I want the extended battery. No frills salt truck for those mindless runs to town that eat up fuel economy on the gas burners and waist them away in winter salt. Plus I can sit my beer on it without worrying about a scratch. No midwinter, on my back in the snow oil changes.
I figure it is the cheapest way into dipping a toe into the EV market. Plus it serves a utility.
Unfortunately, it's late at night so I won't go out to look . . . and my memory might be wrong here! I *think* I used those "washers" as keepers on the back side of the holes. But I also think I had to drill them out a little because I couldn't get them on the fasteners. I remember being confused in trying to figure out how they were meant to work. After putting them all in, I also put some black sealant of some kind to glue/hold them in place as a backup. I also found some (one?) of the holes lined up behind a frame brace so I couldn't put on a washer/keeper. So that one is just sort of glued. A year and a half later it's all solid. I'll try to look tomorrow!
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