Slate Reality Check
Will a Slate work for your life?
Put in where you live and how you drive. See your range at any temperature, what home charging costs there, how clean your grid is, and how far you can go on real roads, with every fast charger on the way.
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Charging at home
Outside temperature
20°F
Turn the knob to try any day.
These are estimates. Almost no one's driving a Slate yet.
Until Slate owners log enough real drives, range is worked out from 1,548 real drives in other EVs (LFP ones where there are enough) at each temperature, as a share of their own EPA ratings, applied to the Slate's 205-mile rating. Where PlugLog doesn't have enough cold-weather drives yet, it uses Recurrent's winter range study (30,000+ US EVs over several winters: 78% of ideal-weather range at 32°F, 70% at 20°F), applied to PlugLog's warm-weather drives. Each temperature band switches to real Slate data on its own once it has 20 drives from 3 drivers, and its label changes.
Real Slate data: 0 of 5 temperature bands so far
Range at 20°FEstimated
144mi
vs 205 mi rated (-30%), at your 35% highway.
Days per chargeEstimated
3.8
Your 38 mi a day uses 26% of a charge at 20°F.
✓ Easy on 240 VHome chargingEstimated
$62/mo
At 17¢/kWh. A gas truck: $162/mo.
Your grid
0.77lb CO₂/kWh
The US average (EPA eGRID): 69% less CO₂ than gas.
Range through the year
Estimated from real drives in other EVs, until Slates have their own. At your 35% highway; the knob's at 20°F.
- Below 32°F · youest. · Recurrent study143 mi
- 32–50°Fest.191 mi
- 50–68°Fest.203 mi
- 68–86°Fest.204 mi
- Above 86°Fest.206 mi
LFP, myth and reality: an LFP battery keeps its capacity in the cold, but charges slower until it warms. Precondition the battery before a fast-charging stop.
Your week, on one chargeEstimated
38 mi a day at 20°F, plugging in overnight at home on 240 V the night before a day that would end under 20%. The orange days follow a night plugged in.
At 38 mi a day, a regular wall outlet falls behind at 20°F: plan on 240 V, or some public charging.
What it costs to runEstimated
A year at your 38 mi a day (13,880 mi).
- A gas truck · 25 mpg$1,943
- Slate, charged at home$741
- Slate, DC fast only$1,963
Gas: $3.50 a gallon. Power: 17¢/kWh, and 45¢/kWh for DC fast.
How clean your charging is
A year of CO₂, on the US average grid (EPA eGRID).
- A gas truck10,900 lb
- Slate on your grid3,300 lb
- Slate on the US average3,300 lb
69% less CO₂ than gas, where you live. Gas: 19.6 lb CO₂ a gallon.