Ford's compact pickup, on the other hand, won't compete with Slate on the pricing front. Ford says it will start at around ...

Ford is looking to save cost with both vehicle and manufacturing efficiencies.

Slate Automotive says its compact pickup truck has cracked the code to making affordable, U.S.-built EVs. The Detroit-based startup is led by veterans of Chrysler, Tesla and other major automakers, ...

The Slate Truck is a simple, electric vehicle made in the United States, with an expected price of just under $20,000, according to its website.

According to Reuters, U.S. electric vehicle sales growth has cooled as consumer enthusiasm faded and federal support waned.

The Slate was poised to substantially undercut what you could call its closest competitor, the $30,000 Ford Maverick. Now, it may wind up in the same ballpark as the compact, hybrid truck, while ...

That said, pre-orders of Slate trucks, secured by a refundable $50 deposit, began last week. It's likely they've already begun to affect sales of Tesla Cybertrucks and Rivian R1T and R1S vehicles.

The Slate truck deserves attention; it's introducing a paradigm shift in how we buy vehicles, how much they cost, and to what extent we can personalize them. That's an exciting proposal we can't ...

That incentive, however, may not exist by the time the truck goes on sale in late 2026. Slate has also already announced it will be built at a former printing plant in Warsaw, Indiana.

Slate calls its accessories "Slatelets," and that's also apparently at trademarked name. Slate doesn't really explain the name, and we're left to guess what the thought process was behind it.