SLATE Truck Debut! Convertible From Pickup to SUV. Priced Under $20K With Federal Incentive

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[Stevezilla]

I kinda like it.

 

[ScottyC]

Vaporware

 

[mspmms]

Reminds me of my Suzuki Samari - I'm intrigued.

Official Reveal: Slate Truck (Pickup / SUV). Priced Under $20K
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Vaporware

I hope not.

 

[Automan21]

Looks like a baby bronco. Cute but underpowered I’m guessing.

 

[mr mojo risen]

Personally I will pass on this, but it’s an interesting design / marketing concept. There’s definitely a market for this type of vehicle.

 

[matmondro]

Looks pretty cool! Also kind of reminds me of a scaled-down version of one of those new Scout trucks.

 

[sprubs]

Vaporware

has some of that vibe right now. I guess we'll see! Looks really cool.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/0...ants-to-sell-a-bare-bones-ev-truck-for-20000/

 

[XLent XL]

Basically a fancy golf cart. With startups like this where do you get it serviced when it breaks? Parts availability?

 

[justiz00]

I feel like the rumble seat option (5 passenger kit but still just keep the truck cab) is a must for traveling with kids.

 

[More w/Les]

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While not a fan of Jeff Bezos or EV’s, do like the ‘Keep It Super Simple’ (KISS) concept. That, combined with providing a ‘Blank Canvas’, and a ‘palette of options’ for the customer to create a vehicle which will meet their needs and pocketbook at the time of acquisition, then allow additions and/or alterations as their needs and/or conditions change.

Given the dearth of qualified tradespeople to maintain the evermore complex world we have created, combined with the unceasingly higher cost of new technologies, believe there is a pent-up demand for a concept like this in the auto marketplace, especially among older and younger segments of the vehicular buying public. Even better if it could be produced in the USA as that would simplify the parts and distribution chain.

The ‘trick’ will be having the complete package of all those concepts, and aftermarket providers products, available the day the product is delivered to the customer.

more w/Les | aka . . . . ’hpdl’ (herr professor doktor lesmeister)

 

[shadow_munk]

It's an electric k truck, should compare it to one of them instead of a maverick

 

[51mavhatter]

if this sells like hotcakes watch for a response from the big 3

 

[sprubs]

It's an electric k truck, should compare it to one of them instead of a maverick

I think it can be compared to both existing ev trucks and the mav, just for different reasons.

compare to rivian/lightning because it's an ev truck.

compare to mav because it's small and trying to be on the cheaper side of things.

 

[Cherokee]

Basically a fancy golf cart. With startups like this where do you get it serviced when it breaks? Parts availability?

Remember the ‘Yugo’ ?
Little shit box Russian looking puddle jumper.
Buddy bought one for $100 right after the company failed.

He couldn’t even get brake pads.

We all had a blast killing the thing. One of the guys borrowed it to teach his 13 year old daughter how to drive. She learned fast, became a lawyer.

The thing didn’t last long.

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