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Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« on: April 25, 2025, 08:36:58 pm »
 Updated April 25, 2025 4:42pm EDT
Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
Slate Auto expects to deliver EV pickups to buyers in late 2026

By Matthew Kazin FOXBusiness

For the Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup Slate Auto, it's all about that "base."

The company on Thursday unveiled its pickup truck that minimalists and bargain buyers alike might gravitate toward.

The base model, bare-bones EV features a simple dashboard with knobs to control heating and air conditioning, crank windows and a phone mount to play music. The vehicle doesn't come equipped with an infotainment system or speakers, though the latter can be added as an accessory, one of many offered by Slate.





Slate's EV comes with two battery options, a 52.7-kilowatt-hour battery pack that targets a range of 150 miles and an 84.3-kWh pack with a target range of 240 miles. The cargo bed is 35.1 cubic feet and 5 feet long. The front cargo area, the "frunk," is 7 cubic feet.

The company is accepting reservations for the vehicle, which is slated to be delivered to buyers around late 2026, for a refundable $50. It expects to price the blank Slate vehicle at under $20,000 after the $7,500 federal clean vehicle tax credit.

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Re: Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2025, 08:37:59 pm »
"Target range" of 240 miles, eh?

No thanks.
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Re: Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2025, 08:46:22 pm »
Crank windows.  That is kinda cool. 
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Re: Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2025, 09:15:34 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on April 25, 2025, 08:46:22 pm
Crank windows.  That is kinda cool.

A wee bit of irony considering it is an electric vehicle... Manual windshield wipers too?
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Re: Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2025, 09:21:07 pm »
Quote from: DB on April 25, 2025, 09:15:34 pm
A wee bit of irony considering it is an electric vehicle... Manual windshield wipers too?

If the wipers were Vacuum operated,,, now that would be a nice trick.
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Re: Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2025, 09:21:10 pm »
I'd love to have such a bare bones truck - if it came with a gasoline engine.
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Re: Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2025, 09:22:39 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on April 25, 2025, 09:21:10 pm
I'd love to have such a bare bones truck - if it came with a gasoline engine.
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If they built it in ICE, I would come.
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Re: Jeff Bezos-backed automaker unveils affordable EV pickup truck
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2025, 09:49:18 pm »
A 5 foot bed?

Haul sheet rock in that!  :silly:

Does it charge itself over night using a rooftop solar panel?
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