American American EV deals with Elon Musk with a truck worth $ 20,000

A new emerging company for electric cars called Slate Auto revealed its first vehicle in a great event on Thursday, and the company comes out of the gates with a Beek August truck, which is everything in which there is no Tesla Cyblertruck. The Slate truck, as it is called, is a small electric truck with 150 miles of the range with one set and a variety of customization options. But the most prominent details are the price of the car, starting from only $ 20,000 with federal tax incentives.

If Cybertruck is the most attractive but polarized truck on the market, the Slate truck is everything but. The small -door car features traditional capture design with no tuggel or luxurious features such as the information and entertainment system or independent driving.

In fact, Slate Truck has no information and entertainment system at all – drivers connect their phone via Bluetooth to entertainment – and uses Karnak windows as well as steel wheels and HVAC handles. Some of these will be nice for drivers who hate moving away from physical handles and buttons in cars, and they rely well on Bluetooth to play music instead of continuing some privacy to use the complex information and entertainment system.

The outstanding car feature is suggested in the same “Slate”: a Slate truck can be customized for the needs of each buyer. Each vehicle is launched from the line as it is, and flat packets will allow owners to convert the truck that consists of two seats to a seat to a multi -use sports car consisting of five seats if they do not need bed. Buyers are expected to re -adjust the car themselves or through partners worldwide who will be announced yet and who will support service and installation. The existing truck is something closer to range The laptop but for cars, or perhaps a pebbleWith its simplistic design that attracts customers who only want the basics.

According to Slate, more than $ 100 million of investors, including Jeff Bezos, who previously plowed billions in another electric truck maker, Rivian, while he was still at the head of Amazon. Support from Bezos may be a transformation for some of those who have been strained on his political ideology, but in the end, the car buyer often is often cared for more than others, and it may not matter. Profitability for car manufacturing requires a scale and years of losses provided, so it is necessary to be the main supporters of a company like Slate to survive. The EV market is scattered with the bodies of startups such as Fisker and Lordstown Motors, which only burned billions to rise in fire.

Cybertruck – more than its controversial, perhaps high price, and possibly the ELON Musk CEO – did not follow it Tesla with its promises to the car. The original starting price of $ 39,000, as the car began instead from 62,000 dollars to obtain a designed version. Even at this price, Cybertruck does not attract many buyers who simply want a daily work car to withdraw dirt and do not need features like rapid acceleration. Tesla is sold It slightly over 6000 electronic companies In the first three months of the year, a sharp decrease from 12,000 units sold at the end of 2024.

Popular Ford Mobile and Follow -up Worship Japanese Kei trucks It indicates that there can be a demand for small capture at reasonable and lightweight prices. However, Americans are addicted to large vehicles, which is why most of the country’s car manufacturers have largely abandoned small sedan cars in recent years for compact SUVs. Ford F-150 is the most popular truck in America as well. Other electrical work vehicles such as R1T R1T, Ford F-150 Lightning and Ford E-Transit Cargo are still expensive for what they offer. It can reduce a much lower price of fears about the range.

To give Tesla a small amount of credit, Slate Truck is two years of factory lines, and whether the company can fulfill its promises at a price of $ 20,000 will remain a big question. For one, this price includes federal tax incentives for EVS It can be eliminated By the current administration. The most expensive EV is the battery, often about 40 % of the price of the car. The battery in Tsla Y, for example, is estimated at the cost Between 10,000 dollars -11,000 dollars. With China Restricting access to rare ground minerals In many batteries, auto companies may need to find alternative sources or alternative batteries with new materials. The low Slate Truck price also raises questions about whether this battery will include the technology needed for heating and cooling to prevent it from high temperature.

Another concern is that with the planning of Rivian and others more than EVS at reasonable prices in the next two years, will Truck Slate be a competitive at all?

However, for many people, the Slate truck is exactly what they requested in the Workaday electric car. Truck designs have evolved over many years to reach their current condition. Why not take a design that already works and updates the age of EV? This is what many people from Cyberrtruck wanted, and the desire seems to be captured. Its horse not only allows O to 60 miles per hour in 8 seconds, and a maximum speed of 90 miles per hour, but the menu truck is clearly targeted as a daily driver or a fleet vehicle for practical use, where night shipping is expected.

We will soon be able to know if those who demand cheap EV without bells or sirens ready to put their money in their mouth.

Ok this thing is very cool pic.twitter.com/u4moqqiai

Got (@0xgau) April 25, 2025