2 Slate trucks spotted on road in Arizona

Tran · Wednesday at 4:15 PM

Spotted by @mudvaynery

Seen two slate trucks in the wild today on hwy 95 in SW Arizona. Not sure if they were testing or what. But they didn't have any badge branding on them and they looked like they were very poorly wrapped.

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The Weatherman · Wednesday at 4:32 PM

Sweet!!

Wonder how fast they were traveling.?

sodamo · Wednesday at 4:40 PM

I’d rate any on the road siting as a positive.

Imhotep · Wednesday at 4:43 PM

Street legal! Somehow. I wonder how this works with pre-production prototypes. Don’t you have to have a VIN to get plates?

AKrietzer · Wednesday at 4:53 PM

Amazed you got pictures! I can't even get my phone to take a picture in less than 5 minutes.

Dorbiman · Wednesday at 5:07 PM

Imhotep said:
Street legal! Somehow. I wonder how this works with pre-production prototypes. Don’t you have to have a VIN to get plates?

They’ll have VINs as well as Manufacturer plates

Adam W · Wednesday at 5:09 PM

Imhotep said:
Street legal! Somehow. I wonder how this works with pre-production prototypes. Don’t you have to have a VIN to get plates?

They're Michigan plates, and the M in the center denotes them as manufacturer plates. These are issued to Slate and they can move them from car to car as long as Slate keeps detailed records of which car they're on and when.

if you like legal docs, here you go.

AZFox · Wednesday at 6:46 PM

The truck has quite a rake to it. (Rear end is riding high.)

And the spoiler is missing.

Imhotep · Wednesday at 7:27 PM

AZFox said:
The truck has quite a rake to it. (Rear end is riding high.)

To me that just looks like perspective. First picture has good vanishing point on the left but I didn’t get the straightedge out to measure proportions.

bartflossom · 2025-07-31T04:42:17-0700

Those mirrors don't look like other slates we've seen. I'm guessing they are early mules.

1yeliab_sufur1 · 2025-07-31T06:52:42-0700

bartflossom said:
Those mirrors don't look like other slates we've seen. I'm guessing they are early mules.

I did recommend to them to make tow style mirrors that’s what those look like

Luxrage · 2025-07-31T07:04:01-0700

It's the peak of summer so I'm guessing these are stress test models for how getting roasted in the Arizona sun treats the batteries and motor setup.

brian10x · 2025-07-31T07:10:34-0700

sodamo said:
I’d rate any on the road siting as a positive.

SITTING. Forum spelling NAZI on duty.

Hatenames · 2025-07-31T07:15:11-0700

brian10x said:
SITTING. Forum spelling NAZI on duty.

Sighting

brian10x · 2025-07-31T07:16:06-0700

Hatenames said:
Sighting

I stand corrected.

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