Slate Auto vs Mutiny Motors

[Mac-Tyson]

https://www.utvdriver.com/story/utv-news/mutiny-goat-electric-4x4-truck-concept/



Honestly, hesitant to post this since you can't really even call it competition yet since they don't even have a prototype yet just a concept. But bringing it up since the concept is similar to slate. Their plan is to make an Electric AWD Kit Car Pick Up Truck. They are basing it off the Suzuki Carry Kei Car to be affordable to the masses. Everything will be open source to be fully customizable. Apparently originally the project was to be based off the Ford Bronco but they have since switched over to a Kei Car Concept. Really, shows how big of a splash Slate has made in the automotive industry. They are making it a kit car since they feel like it would require much less capital to develop and get approved for road use. Until they have a prototype and an actual team to build it you can't really compare it. It's also a kit car not a fully built pickup truck. But just found out about this and wanted to share here since the concept feels very Slate inspired.

 

[sodamo]

Doubtful I’ll ever see it, but interesting nonetheless.
i do have to wonder why there isn’t a Japanese made version.

 

[Mac-Tyson]

Doubtful I’ll ever see it, but interesting nonetheless the less.
i do have to wonder why there isn’t a Japanese made version.

BEV’s are a very small market in Japan so there isn’t much interest in making them right now. Electric Kei Vans are seemingly started to be looked at so if those are successful we might see them one day.

 

[KevinRS]

Looks like it won't likely be a competitor, going to be small scale, and a "kit car" so they will likely ship you a mostly assembled truck, you have to finish it, and do a pile of paperwork to get it street legal. I saw mention of it taking someone 2 years to get a kit car registered. This gets around needing all the safety features and crash testing etc that most vehicles need to have.