New American EV Company Is Taking on Elon Musk With a $20,000 Truck
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Image: The Blank Slate. A radically simple electric pickup truck that can change into whatever you need it to be – even an SUV. It will be made in the USA. Image courtesy of Slate Auto. Article by Thomas Maxwell. Gizmodo – April 25, 2025.
A new electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto unveiled its first vehicle at a splashy event on Thursday, and the company is coming out of the gates with a pickup truck that is everything Tesla’s Cybertruck is not. The Slate Truck, as it is called, promises to be a small electric pickup truck with 150 miles of range on a single charge and a variety of customization options. But the most notable detail is the car’s price, starting at just $20,000 with federal tax incentives. […]
