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Slate, a customizable EV pickup for $20k (electrek.co)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Range

Small battery range: 240km
Big battery range: 385km

Motor

Motor: Single motor, rear wheel drive
Power: 150kW
Torque: 264Nm
0-100km: 8s
Top speed: 145km/h

Dimensions

Bed length: 1.5m
Vehicle length: 4.4m
Vehicle height: 1.8m
Vehicle width: 1.8m

Comparison

2025 Kia Niro length: 4.4m
2025 Ford Maverick length: 5.1m
1985 Toyota Pickup/Hilux length: 4.7m

Weights

Curb weight 1634kg
Max payload 650kg
Max towing 454kg

Charging

Port: NACS
Onboard charger: 11kW
Level 1 AC, 3.6kw, 20-100%: 11h
Level 2 AC, 11kW, 20-100%: under 5h
Level 3 DC, 120kW, 20-80%: under 30m

Safety

Traction Control
Electronic Stability Control
Forward Collision Warning
Automatic Emergency Braking
2-stage Driver/Passenger Airbags
Full Length Side Curtain Airbags (Truck 2) (SUV 4)
Seat Side Airbags (2)
Backup Camera
Pedestrian Identification
Auto High Beam

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I am quite sure they also don’t offer USB ports to charge the phone you run in lieu of a build in system

I definitely read an article somewhere where it says that they provide USB power for the tablet/phone.

kagis

This article has it:

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a64580484/slate-truck-ev-pickup-truck-suv/

The Truck will come with a phone mount and convenient USB power to mount your phone or a tablet to the dash.

EDIT: I think that a better criticism is that this thing is just a prototype, still almost two years away from mass production, assuming everything goes right for them. Like, they could have any number of things go wrong (the Trump tariff situation, for one...hard to have any idea where things will be). It could be that they crash into problems trying to get mass production going. It could be that they can't hit their target price point.