A new American Electric Vehicle Startup called Slate auto He has started his own, and it is just as anti -tesla as he gets.
It is cheap, deep customized and very analog. It has manual windows and it does not come with an important influence screen. Hack, it’s not even paint. It can also Shift From a two -sector pickup to five seters from SUV.
The three -year -old startup revealed his car during an event Thursday night in Long Beach, California, and promised that the first truck would be available to users for less than $ 20,000. With Federal EV Tax Credit by the end of 2026.
The event has just come out after a few weeks Tech Crunch revealed Details of Slate Auto’s US EV Market Details, its trucks in Indiana, and that the enterprise was financially supported by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Chief Commercial Officer Jeremy Sniider said during the program, the “auto industry” car has so much focus on sovereignty and technology, its prices are operating in a place where most Americans cannot tolerate easily. “” But we are there to change it. “
CEO Chris Berman added, “We are building a cheaper car, which has long been promised but has never been supplied.”
Cypress
The slate is not saying how much its truck will cost – several sources have told the Tech Crunch over the past few weeks that the company has moved forward. And now and at the end of 2026, a lot can change.
Is the company Saying that after the federal tax credit, it will start less than 20,000 (provided that it still exists next year). Interested buyers can hold a $ 50 return reservation on the company’s website.
The basic version of the slyt truck will squeeze 150 miles from the 52.7 kW battery pack, which will strengthen a 150 kW motor on the back of the Excel. For those who enter the number a little, the slate is offering a large battery pack that says it will have about 240 miles. It will charge North America using the charging standard port, the standard Tesla founded that almost all use all major carmakers.
The truck comes with 17 -inch wheels and five feet bed, and has a 1,400 pound of pay load capacity with a thousand pounds of tighting. Since it is an EV, there is no engine in front of it. In its place there is a front trunk (or frank) with 7 cubic feet storage space, which happens if the owner wants to fill it with snow for this Telgate party.
The capacity of this tong is less than Ford F-150, and it is less than small Ford Mauric, which can be around 1,500 pounds.
Speaking of Ford Moric, the slate truck is small. Slate EV has a 108.9 -inch wheel base, and its total length is 174.6 inches. 121.1 -inch wheel base in Maurik and the total length is 199.7 inches
Everything else about the base version of the truck is extremely wasted – and that’s the case. The slate is really making the idea of a base model more and more, and sets users to pay the EV to customize their choice.
Custom… everything
The slate is deeply determined to the idea of customization, which separates it from another EV startup (or traditional automaker).
The company said Thursday that it will launch with more than 100 different accessories that buyers can use to make the truck personal to their choice. If this is over, the Slate has developed a number of different “Starter Packs” in which interest buyers can choose.
The truck does not even come. Slate is instead thinking of wrapping his vehicles, some executives said they would sell in kits. Buyers can either work their work, or put it on themselves.
Not only does the buyer add to the idea of being able to personalize his vehicle, but it also reduces a huge cost center for the company. This means that the slate will not need a paint shop in its factory, which can allow it to be less expensive to go to the market, while one of the most regulated parts of the manufacture of vehicles has been avoided.
Slate is telling consumers that they can name a custom car, which offers the ability to buy the emerging wrap for Telgate. Otherwise, the truck is just called the “empty slate”.
As Tech Crunch said earlier, a piece of customization is the central place of how the company hopes to make a margin, which is otherwise a relatively dirt -powered vehicle.
But this is also part of a friendly pitch slate that is making consumers.
Burman said Thursday that people “can make you an empty slate at the time of purchase, or over time, while changing your needs and financing.” It is billing Advans as “Easy DIY”, which can deal with “non -jerk heads”, and says it will launch a set of resources under Slate University billing.
“Buy your accessories, deliver them fast, and install yourself with easy videos in Slate U, at the center of our content.” “Don’t want to go to the DIY Route? A slate can come and do for you.”
On the slate website, the initial library of specialization is from functional to cosmetic. Buyers can add infotainment screens, speakers, roof racks, light covers and more.
The most important options are that buyers allow the truck to “change” the factors of the SUV form in the room. But these are not permanent decisions. Slate says people will be able to change their car and in an SUV, if they wish, “no mechanics certificate is needed.”
All of them said, the slate truck comes standardized with some federally essential safety features such as emergency braking, airbags, and backup camera.
Buckle up
The way to create a successful American automotive startup is full of failures. In the past few years, canoes, fishers, and Lord Stown Motors have all filed for bankruptcy. And this is just a few names. Companies that are still around, such as Raven and Loside Motors, are making money hemorrhage in an attempt to get a more cheap model in the market.
The slate is a total of the vision. This is the first and most important after a low cost EV, and hopes to make the business viable by completing money from this deep custom.
But, like most of the Raven and Loside Motors, there are deep pocket supporters. It has increased so far more than $ 111 million (the exact data is still not common). And, except Bezos, the Mark Walter, the CEO of Gogin Ham Partners and the controlling owner of LA Dodgers, has taken money, as reported by Tech Crunch this month.
The company has hired about 400 400 employees to serve all its expensive goals, and is currently trying to hire it. The Slate did not raise a lot of fluctuations to make his first film with the argument, but his focus is also on domestic manufacturing, and can also be conducted by some of the riots facing other startups and established makers.
“We believe the vehicles will be cheap and desired,” Burman said on Thursday, “Slate truck” is a car that people are really loved and will be proud to own it. “