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[motorolas]

Motor Trend video - Tiny Truck, 500 HP - Telo EV Minitrucvk Prototype Drive
Alex and 6’10” in a MT1 Telo EV Truck.
Nice moonroof.
Up to 8’ midgate extend.
Bed cap optional.
Just over $40k.
Small turn radius.
Alex drove the 2nd prototype.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

New Video of people talking about the Slate Truck:

 

[motorolas]

Slate Auto Stock: Can a $27K+ EV Truck Charge Your Portfolio?
https://accessipos.com/slate-auto-stock-ipo/


Ownership
Slate Auto is a venture-based startup. Owners include founders, employees, and a small pool of well-known venture capital investors.

The company has raised at least $700 million since its founding in 2022.

Prominent venture capital investors include Bezos Expeditions, General Catalyst, TWG Global, Mark Walter (Guggenheim Partners), and Thomas Tull.

Round	Date	Est. Valuation	Raise Amount	Price

Series B	12/01/24	$1.10B	~$590.00M	$2.37
Series A	06/22/23	NA	$110.00M	NA

Valuation
The Slate Auto valuation is $1.1 billion, as confirmed in an employee email and reported through multiple news channels. Secondary marketplace Hiive has limited volume of transactions, but monitor the platform for the latest.

IPO Potential
The Slate Auto IPO date is unknown and likely several years away.

The company only recently emerged from stealth and is refining its car design, building a manufacturing plant, and taking car orders.

An IPO is unlikely until the factory is running, and customers who reserved a vehicle choose to customize and receive their orders.

Multiple electric vehicle companies have gone public through IPOs or SPACs, but building and scaling manufacturing plants is enormously challenging due to the capital investment and specialty machinery and robotics required.

What is the Slate Auto stock symbol?
Slate Auto remains a private company, so there is no stock symbol yet. We won’t know the Slate Auto ticker until it files for an IPO via an S-1 SEC filing.

Until then, we can speculate. Here are a few potential Slate Auto stock symbols that are currently available.

• SLTE
• SLAT

Conclusion
Slate Auto has the potential to be more than just another failed EV startup — it aims to redefine modern vehicle ownership.

With its minimalist base model, modular design, and low-cost + customizable upgrades pricing model, the company hopes to disrupt an industry that often equates innovation with luxury and excess.

If Slate succeeds, it could lower the cost of electric mobility for working-class Americans, not just the typical affluent early adopters who purchased early Teslas and Rivians.

The company’s ability to secure substantial venture backing while maintaining a lean talent team suggests a calculated long-term strategy rather than a rush to market.

Investors and consumers should view Slate Auto not as a short-term speculation but as a litmus test for the viability of minimalist, affordable EVs in a saturated, premium-price-point market.

Investors interested in Slate Auto stock will likely need to wait for the next private funding round until the valuation rises and private shares become available.

 

[AZFox]

This will generate some articles and videos.
Slate Auto’s electric truck: See it first at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

 

[EverythingSlate]

Motor Trend video - Tiny Truck, 500 HP - Telo EV Minitrucvk Prototype Drive
Alex and 6’10” in a MT1 Telo EV Truck.
Nice moonroof.
Up to 8’ midgate extend.
Bed cap optional.
Just over $40k.
Small turn radius.
Alex drove the 2nd prototype.

I just can’t get on board with the TELO. Not my cup of tea. I see a similar market for it as the Slate, but a minority of the minority.

 

[AZFox]

TheDrive:
The Average New Car Now Costs More Than $50,000
For the first time ever, and certainly not the last, the average transaction price for a new vehicle crossed the $50,000 threshold last month, according to new data from Cox Automotive via Kelley Blue Book.

Autoblog:
Average New Car Price Crosses $50K Barrier as Americans Struggle to Keep Up
Auto loan debt has skyrocketed as lower-income households struggle to afford new cars.
The [average transaction price] is 2.1% higher than in August and 3.6% higher than it was in September last year. Incentive spending and the average MSRP of new cars were also up. So, what contributed to the record ATP last month, and what does this mean for Americans who can’t afford to spend $50k on a new car?

 

[motorolas]

I just can’t get on board with the TELO. Not my cup of tea. I see a similar market for it as the Slate, but a minority of the minority.

I just can’t get over the look as well. I know the Telo team mentions the Mini Cooper size as comparison repeatedly, but I don’t relate the Telo to a small car, but to a Kei styled truck of some sort with the front forward front wheels.

 

[EverythingSlate]

I just can’t get over the look as well. I know the Telo team mentions the Mini Cooper size as comparison repeatedly, but I don’t relate the Telo to a small car, but to a Kei styled truck of some sort with the front forward front wheels.

yep- read my mind exactly.