Three Months Before Price Announcement. Guess the MSRP.

[1yeliab_sufur1]

i am going to be optimistic at the 24k

 

[cadblu]

Slate needs to set a price consistent with its core values and expectations they set at the outset. They cannot afford to disappoint. That said;

$24,990 standard range
$27,990 extended range

 

[fuzzyweis]

So going off the original price was to be $27k, and the rumblings of them possibly getting LFP for the standard battery, which can be about 25% cheaper than NMC, I'll say $24k for standard, $29,995 for extended.

I feel like even though they are saying mid-20s, they really want to try and get as close to that original $20k they were touting, as the base model really is a $20k truck. If the Slate creeps up near $30k people will definitely cross shop with Fords mid-size EV, so their strength is if they can keep close to the low 20s, and stay there for a few years.

-Jim

 

[danielt1263]

So going off the original price was to be $27k...

"A Slate cost in the mid20s brand new." - Chris Barman, Apr 24, 2025 ()
Literally no Slate employee has ever said the price would be $27k. I accept that some reporters have bandied that price around though. Just an FYI.

 

[ScooterAsheville]

The Slate price is a Rorschach test. It says a lot about the interviewee, nothing about the Slate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test

 

[ScooterAsheville]

Chris Barman has been quoted saying that they would not do that. She said the truck will be sold at a profit from day one (might just be a $1 profit, but that's still a profit).
I grant that Barman is no longer CEO, but nobody has contradicted that statement so far.

Well it depends on how you define profit. There are all kinds of definitions. There's the cost to build the vehicle itself, labor and parts. Then there's that cost plus the overhead of the staff and facilities. Then there's that cost plus the program investment, usually a billion or more.

Most OEMs don't see a penny of profit on a new model on a program basis for years. Literally hundreds of thousands of units.

Like everything that came out of the Slate CEO's lips, there were miles and miles of wiggle room. I'm not slamming her - that's a CEO's job, to evade being pinned down when making future statements.