https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2026/06/13/slate-ceo-new-details-mid-20s-electric-pickup/90492827007
" Slate Automotive already has reservations for more than a year’s production "
" The base pickup is a two-door, rear-wheel-drive truck with a lithium iron phosphate (LFP)...
I've wanted an EV since 2006. I bought a Toyota in 2007 that is still my daily driver -- and I thought for sure in 10 years EVs would be affordable and readily available. And for the most part they're still luxuries.
That's the appeal for me. It's affordable.
Now, this is where people will...
I think this is paint booth/oven? They need to paint and cure the frame somewhere. I know asking for SS would be too much, but with plastic panels it would last forever.
So some quick math based on Wikipedia specs and Google searches. If batteries cost $140 per kWh, and the base model has 53kWh and the extended battery has 85kWh, that's about $4500 dollars difference.
So if the base model was 24,000, that would put the extended range option at $28,500 <--...