A pickup delivered almost bare

Slate Auto starts from a simple idea: only make people pay for what's useful. The "Blank Slate" is a two-door, two-seat electric pickup with rear-wheel drive, listed at $24,950 in the United States. No infotainment screen: the dashboard holds your phone, a tablet or a Bluetooth speaker on dedicated mounts. The brand says it was designed in California and Michigan, and assembled at its plant in Warsaw, Indiana. Its boxy, almost utilitarian lines stand out against the imposing pickups on the American market.

Slate in SUV configuration, yellow body and white roof, seen from a front three-quarter angle.
As a five-seat SUV, with the body kit. · © Slate Auto — official visual of the Slate Truck

A film rather than paint

The body is designed to be dressed with an adhesive film, which you change whenever you feel like it. More than two hundred accessories, the vast majority under $500 according to the brand, let you add lighting, seats or body kits, at the time of order or later. One kit turns the pickup into a five-seat SUV, and the operation can be undone. On the usage side, Slate states around 330 km of range, charging at the North American NACS standard, a payload of around 700 kg and a towing capacity of around 900 kg. These figures remain the manufacturer's, ahead of the first deliveries planned for late 2026, and the vehicle is currently sold only in the United States.

Slate as a dark gray pickup, seen in profile with purple and pink decorative stripes along the side.
As a two-seat pickup, with decorative stripes. · © Slate Auto — official visual of the Slate Truck
About thirty Slates lined up in four rows, pickups and SUVs, each in a different color: orange, blue, purple, yellow, green, black, beige.
One and the same vehicle, as many finishes as owners. · © Slate Auto — official visual of the Slate Truck
Nighttime close-up of the hood and grille of a Slate covered in a holographic film with rainbow reflections, headlights on.
The film replaces paint: you choose it, you change it. · © Slate Auto — official visual of the Slate Truck

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