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Slate's Budget EV Truck Bets on Customization, Faces Value Hurdles

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Source: The Drive
Slate's Budget EV Truck Bets on Customization, Faces Value Hurdles
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TL;DR

Slate's $24,950 electric truck aims to be a low-cost, highly configurable EV, but the price increase after incentives removal dents its value story. Demand remains strong with 10,000 pre-orders, and the vehicle offers extensive DIY customization and a comfortable, quiet ride, yet its bare-bones interior and app-centric data approach, plus potential total ownership costs, make buyers weigh cost and personalization against the affordability appeal.

Topics:businesstechnology#affordability#customization#electric-vehicle#pricing#slate-truck#technology
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  1. I Rode in Slate’s $24,950 Electric Truck. It Didn’t Feel Like a $24,950 Electric Truck  The Drive
  2. Will Anyone Buy This Cheap EV Truck With Hand-Crank Windows and No Radio?  WSJ
  3. We Rode in the Slate Pickup, and Here’s What We Learned  MotorTrend
  4. Slate Says Its $24,950 Electric Pickup Is Still Coming This Year  Autoweek
  5. Jeff Bezos-backed Slate reveals $24,950 starting price for EV pickup, making it the cheapest truck in America  Yahoo Finance

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