Slate vs REO Runabout (Probable Scam)

[Mac-Tyson]

 

[ElectricShitbox]

"Made with AI" 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

 

[Mac-Tyson]

Asking for reservations even just for $25 with just a barely visible ai generated silhouette of a truck and not unveiling the final design until the end of the year is crazy work.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

"Made with AI" 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

everything about this is a red flag and making rounds on social media so want people here to see it since people are making comparisons to Slate obviously. I don’t even think this is a real car company and don’t want to even check the link in case it’s a phishing scam or something lol.

 

[ElectricShitbox]

You gotta at least come up with some renderings before you start scamming, lol.

(Example of how you do it)
https://www.alphamotorinc.com/

 

[Mac-Tyson]

You gotta at least come up with some renderings before you start scamming, lol.

(Example of how you do it)
https://www.alphamotorinc.com/

I feel like this is more just to attack Slate considering the timing of it. Have trolls say well SEO is going to sell a Gas Truck for 21K. Like in another post they even said it had 600 miles of range. What ICE or HEV Vehicle promotes their vehicle that way. MPG is the only thing that matters to an ICE vehicle.

 

[ElectricShitbox]

I feel like this is more just to attack Slate considering the timing of it. Have trolls say well SEO is going to sell a Gas Truck for 21K. Like in another post they even said it had 600 miles of range. What ICE or HEV Vehicle promotes their vehicle that way. MPG is the only thing that matters to an ICE vehicle.

Their website has direct comparisons with Maverick and Slate, including refuel times. It's absolutely to troll Slate in a "see how much better slate would be if it wasn't WOKE" way.

 

[ElectricShitbox]

Best I can tell, Volvo still owns the REO brand, so it's likely not even available to use the name.

 

[P. Regent]

I call BS on this:

26 MPG is going to be real hard to hit in a boxy pickup. Why is the towing capacity 4x the payload? And why is a 4 cyl. gas powered vehicle 600 lbs heavier than a standard Slate?

 

[atx_ev]

scam: domain was registered in may


Domain Name: REOTRUCKS.COM


Registry Domain ID: 3096904297_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN


Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com


Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com


Updated Date: 2026-05-08T02:57:16Z


Creation Date: 2026-05-08T02:57:16Z


Registry Expiry Date: 2027-05-08T02:57:16Z

 

[Mac-Tyson]

scam: domain was registered in may


Domain Name: REOTRUCKS.COM


Registry Domain ID: 3096904297_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN


Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com


Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com


Updated Date: 2026-05-08T02:57:16Z


Creation Date: 2026-05-08T02:57:16Z


Registry Expiry Date: 2027-05-08T02:57:16Z

Yeah exactly what I thought, crazy how far people will go to attack the Slate Truck. It’s how you know Slate is building into something big.

 

[EV Trek]

Gas 👎

 

[LevelHeaded]

(New to these forums but day 1 reservation; had to comment)

This is the "founder" and "CEO". ROFL.

https://www.zillow.com/profile/zachdebernardi
https://www.zachdebo.com/
https://x.com/Zachdebo // https://nitter.net/Zachdebo

D**chey real estate agent that worships Elon Musk "creates" a car company with AI and surely no team, and of course no automotive engineering background. Reserve at your peril.

 

[Adam W]

The dude has some reasonable views on the Nintendo Star Fox remake, though. So there's that.

Appreciate the nitter alternative link, btw @LevelHeaded

 

[sodamo]

Is that a Blue Oval faintly peeking thru?