The Slate Truck is an electric two-seater with 150 miles of range and no stereo. | Image: Slate Auto
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 battery-powered. Changing that overly spendy status quo is going to take something radical, and it's hard to get more radical than what Slate Auto has planned.
Meet the Slate Truck, a sub-$20,000 (after federal incentives) electric vehicle that enters production next year. It only seats two yet has a bed big enough to hold a sheet of plywood. It only does 150 miles on a charge, only comes in gray, and the only way to listen to music while driving is if you bring along your phone and a Bluetooth speaker. It is the bare minimum of what a modern car can be, and yet it's taken three years of development to get to this point.
But this is more than bargain-basement motoring. Slate is presenting its truck as minimalist design with DIY purpose, an attempt to not just go cheap but to create a new category of vehicle with a huge focus on personalization. That design also enables a low-cost approach to …
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i love how drivers just cannot bear driving, meanwhile pedestrians/cyclists/public transport users get by just fine
Silently stare into the endless void of highway for hours on end like a psychopath vs. Going zoom-zoom through the canyons while blasting Initial D.
Going postal sitting in LA traffic during a heatwave vs. Raging heavy metal at the stoplight on the way to the grocery store.
Give the people their radios
you're just proving my point, driving fucking sucks
Without music, yes it does, but so does biking, public transit, and basically everything else. The only difference with driving is that you can't legally put headphones on. The only option is a sound system.