What Slate Auto’s $25,000 Electric Pickup Truck Is Like in Person
Slate Auto is challenging the EV market with a $25,000 electric pickup truck backed by Jeff Bezos.
📍 How it ended
Slate Auto's electric pickup truck was presented as a Bezos-backed vehicle starting at $25,000, though options could increase the price beyond $46,000. Coverage compared the truck to the Toyota Tacoma and the Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup.
The story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage.
Epilogue added 43d ago, after coverage quieted.
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The brief
Slate Auto has introduced an electric pickup truck with a starting price of $25,000. While positioned as an affordable entry, the vehicle's cost can rise above $46,000 depending on selected options.
Coverage from The New York Times, Carscoops, and The Japan Times highlights the vehicle's simplistic design, including manual windows. Autoblog compares the truck to the Toyota Tacoma, noting a significant problem for the cheap EV, while American Cars And Racing likens it to the Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup.
Future developments involve the truck's potential impact on Detroit automakers and Elon Musk, as noted by The Japan Times, and a broader shift toward simpler vehicle designs according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Coverage (7)
- Slate’s $25K Truck Can Option Its Way Past $46K, And You Still Crank Your Windows Carscoops · 46d ago
- What Slate Auto’s $25,000 Electric Pickup Truck Is Like in Person NYT > Business · 46d ago
- The Slate Is Basically The New Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup American Cars And Racing · 46d ago
- Slate Truck vs. Toyota Tacoma: The Cheap EV Has A Big Problem Autoblog · 46d ago
- Opinion: The slow comeback of simpler cars Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 46d ago
- The Bezos-backed $25,000 EV that should worry Detroit and probably Musk The Japan Times · 46d ago
- What Slate Auto’s $25,000 Electric Pickup Truck Is Like in Person The New York Times · 46d ago broke it first
Quick answers
What is the starting price of the Slate truck?
The electric pickup truck starts at $25,000.
How much can the truck cost with options?
According to Carscoops, the truck can option its way past $46,000.
Who is backing the vehicle?
The Japan Times reports that the EV is Bezos-backed.
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