Slate starting price isn't set yet says CEO (per Insideevs interview)

[sodamo]

I don’t really expect to see a firm price until they offer conversion to orders.
any significant price increase to blank Slate will be poorly received. Very good chance they’d increase accessories as those are even less known at this point.
I’m really interested in the topper in some form, but if too expensive I’ll still get blank Slate and wait for 3rd party options.

 

[AZFox]

The Slate will start shipping after other 2027 models, so waiting until the competition's pricing is available would make sense.

 

[LoneWolfo6]

You can be first (Lightning) cancelled, and Last (Cybertruck) and supposed to sell up to 250k a year, back order of 2 million. And still not sell over 75k total in three years. FAIL !!

Think Slate and Scout are testing the waters, maybe will never happen as many have tried to get started and failed, (CANOO, Lordstown, Atlas).

Hope for success, still mad that my Amazon subscription went from $99 to $120 a month.

Not willing to pay $49,998 for a Slate but time will tell in what they “believe” their product is worth?!

A quick video on 12 good EV ideas that failed.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

You can be first (Lightning) cancelled, and Last (Cybertruck) and supposed to sell up to 250k a year, back order of 2 million. And still not sell over 75k total in three years. FAIL !!

Think Slate and Scout are testing the waters, maybe will never happen as many have tried to get started and failed, (CANOO, Lordstown, Atlas).

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Not willing to pay $49,998 for a Slate but time will tell in what they “believe” their product is worth?!

Starting a new EV company is hard! I hope they make it work. Go Slate!

 

[Yukon Cedars]

Go or no? It’s still very questionable, especially with the slow up-ramp of accessory availability. One gets the feeling the addition of a trailer hitch has become an engineering albatross.

The estimated cost has already jumped from $20 to 25,000, and who will argue it won’t hit $30,000 plus? All the while imports of $10,000 pickups are on the rumor mill.

It’s a wait-and-see game at this point, and a leap of faith for the wantonly.

I’d like to see it all come together in high fashion; but who can really say?

 

[AZFox]

One gets the feeling the addition of a trailer hitch has become an engineering albatross.

Really?

1. Order hitch receiver kit.
2. Consult Slate University for installation instructions.
3. Install hitch receiver kit.

 

[sodamo]

Go or no? It’s still very questionable, especially with the slow up-ramp of accessory availability. One gets the feeling the addition of a trailer hitch has become an engineering albatross.

The estimated cost has already jumped from $20 to 25,000, and who will argue it won’t hit $30,000 plus? All the while imports of $10,000 pickups are on the rumor mill.

It’s a wait-and-see game at this point, and a leap of faith for the wantonly.

I’d like to see it all come together in high fashion; but who can really say?

Really, what is your source? Not aware of such engineering issues made public.
price has NEVER been $20. You may have read under $20k with EV tax incentive.

 

[AL-Derby]

https://insideevs.com/news/785737/slate-truck-price-discussion-ceo/

I still believe in Slate and I am excited to see a prototype next month in Fort Worth. However, it feels like end of the year deliveries are starting slip. If they are still negotiating with suppliers, have the placed any production orders?

Fingers crossed this gets sorted at the suppliers meeting.

Said CEO Chris Barman:

"We're still having discussions on that," she said on the sidelines of the BloombergNEF Summit in San Francisco. "We're still working really closely with our suppliers to see what opportunities we have to continue to bring costs down, to see what we can do to pass along to the customer before we announce final pricing."​

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"A big part of that is going to be talking about, are there more opportunities for cost reduction? And the way we're looking at that is we want to pass it on to the customer," she said. ​

I’ve been the buyer for a large retailer and our vendors price wasn’t written in stone until their production started. Even then holding their feet to the fire works wonders. You try not to do a sole source if there’s anyway to avoid it. I understand that is a little harder when your the manufacturer and not the end user.