The new American-made Slate EV is like playing with Legos

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Another EV truck will join the growing market in Q4 2026 as the Amazon-backed American automotive company, Slate has just officially launched their website and has begun taking deposits from potential buyers.

Marketed as a lego-styled car where you can literally buy a barebones model with no infotainment system, no power windows, and no audio system, only to modify and build the unit up to however you want to customize it with different configurations of add-ons, the Slate EV truck can be had for as little as $20,000 after US tax incentives.

The puns write themselves as this is as blank of a slate as we’ve probably ever seen a carmaker offer a consumer product that actually seems to be quite buyer friendly. The base model will be a 2-seat pickup truck that can also be configured to become a 5-seat SUV.

Slate says they will have over a hundred different types of modification accessories that buyers can add at anytime pre or post purchase.

The powertrain will be a single motor RWD that uses a 52.7 kWh battery or a 84.3 kWh add-on. While the base Slate will have a projected range of 150 miles, there will be a longer-range battery pack that projects to push it to 240 miles.

You can place a deposit or test out the car’s configuration page here.