Recent content by Mac-Tyson

For those unaware many countries had historic colors that they were associated with such as the British Racing Green for the UK and Rosso Corsa Red for Italy. The United States was Imperial Blue with Dual White “Cunningham Racing Stripes” or vice versa. Example below. now slate is not a race...

https://evinfo.net/2026/07/slate-auto-selects-kenda-tire-as-official-supplier-for-affordable-electric-pickup/ “Under the new agreement, Kenda will be responsible for researching, developing, and manufacturing original equipment tires specifically engineered for Slate’s electric truck. The...

As was revealed recently by a Slate Board Member, Slate has a 4 door model planned. If I remember correctly, I believe Chris Barman also talked about how they are already working on another vehicle platform. Now Slate is putting majority of their focus on delivering the Slate Truck on schedule...

Slate Auto is confirmed to be in talks but hasn’t officially joined the program yet. So I thought it would be interesting to see how the Slate Truck stacks up with and without the incentive price wise for with EV models eligible for the incentive that are from brands confirmed to be part of the...

That one I must have missed, which is interesting since I usually read through all the threads. I’ll go look for it now unless you have a link for it.

The other thing I will add is that if the Power Windows Accessory was cancelled or if it is just not going to be available at launch. Also if the accessory was cancelled will they have a sku with integrated windows in the future or if the only option will be for roll up windows for the Slate...

I agree but I will say I am happy that Slate went with RepairPals since one of the concerns about transitioning to a potential all electric future is that many of these independent shops like those affiliated with the RepairPals network won’t survive the transition. This partnership with Slate...

Does the Cargo Kit require the rollbar? It’s understandable why it’s needed for the SUV Kit but having it eat a bit into the cargo space of the cargo kit would be a bit of negative for it as a panel truck.

The specific cargo kit seems to make it into a panel truck. They are exploring allowing to install the Squareback and Fastback Kits without seats for a cheaper option than their SUV Kit counterparts, which would be basically other alternative to the cargo kit though if implemented.

Considering the SUV Kit does not have an installation fee I wonder what others if any won’t require it?

Have a link to the full video in the Reddit thread but thanks for sharing it here as well

One of the theories was that it was also because a 15O mile NMC range wouldn’t be acceptable at Slate’s current price point. Insinuating that’s part of the reason why they didn’t stick with their current battery supplier.

I tried posting the video here directly but it seems like it was too large. Maybe the admin can help with that.

Well that was stated in the video as the official reason. But then towards the end of the video they started theorizing other reasons.