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.
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Meet the Slate Truck, a simple new electric pickup from an emerging American electric vehicle manufacturer backed by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, among others.
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According to Slate CEO Chris Barman, the 176-inch long compact electric truck is designed to be customizable and affordable.
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The Slate Truck is targeting an post-incentive price of “under $20,000” when it arrives.
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The Truck will come standard with 150 miles of range, courtesy of the standard 52.7-kWh battery pack. An add-on 84.3-kWh pack bumps that target to 240 miles per charge.
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Slate keeps the price down with a minimalist approach to the Truck’s features, bells and whistles, as well as keeping its scale small.
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Instead of a massive touchscreen display, the Slate Truck features a smartphone dock. Owners can also opt to install a dedicated tablet.
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Allow me to direct your attention to what appear to be hand-cranked windows!
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Slate will eventually offer “over 100 accessories” to customize the blank-slate electric pickup.
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The most interesting accessory is a flat-pack SUV Kit that allows owners to transform the pickup into a five-seat small SUV.
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The SUV mod features a roll cage, airbags and, of course, rear seats. Owners can have the kit installed at a service center or do it themselves.
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Check out our full first look at the Slate Truck for more details, specs and reservation info.
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