Slate Auto Launches Budget-Friendly Electric Trucks With Custom Options
April 24, 2025, 10:20 pm
Slate Auto is rolling out a series of ultra-economical electric pickups that ditch the frills for raw functionality. With models boasting manual windows, no-touch screens, and a DIY assembly vibe, these trucks promise a refreshingly bare-bones yet customizable ride for drivers tired of over-hyped EVs.
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A new American electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto has made its debut, and it’s about as anti-Tesla as it gets. It’s affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog. It has manual windows and it doesn’t come with a main infotainment screen. Heck, it isn’t even painted. It can also...
Owners can buy kits to add accessories and features to the Slate Truck.
Hand-cranked windows and a DIY dashboard join a high-tech electric vehicle platform in the affordable, customizable Slate Truck.
The bare-bones Slate Truck is designed to be customizable and affordable, with a flat-pack DIY SUV kit that turns the 2-seat pickup into a 5-passenger SUV.
Ask just about anybody, and they'll tell you that new cars are too expensive. In the wake of tariffs shaking the auto industry and with the Trump administration pledging to kill the federal EV incentive, that situation isn't looking to get better soon, especially for anyone wanting something...
The modestly priced EV pickup goes 150 miles on a charge and is infinitely customizable. Deliveries start next year.
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