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Old 04-25-2025, 11:30 AM   #1
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Slate EV pickup truck

New company run by ex Rivian engineers. Has some investment from Bezos.
2 seat truck super stripped down tarting at under 20K with rebates. All plastic panels no paint. No infotainment system/stereo. Will offer a bunch of part to cutomize it including diy wrap kits and an option to add 2 more seats and covert it into an SUV or a hatch back. Will partner up with a national repair chain like Midas to any repairs that you can't do yourself.



Made this on the configurator with a wrap they sell. You can wrap it in under a hour.

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This will be the real test for whether the people on the internet screaming for cheap EVs will actually buy this.
I think they will sell less of these than the Ford Maverick.
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It looks pretty slick and well thought out. So it'll probably flop.

I'd love to see some more specs on it though.
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Their marketing is amazing. They just randomly parked these things outside to announce their product lol.

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I hope these guys will do well.
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Their SUV's couldn't visually be more of a blatant copy of the R2 and R3 if they tried lol
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A refreshing change from six figure EV. I can see municipalities picking these up.
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Will even go past prototypes, the failure rate of these companies even with $ backing seems very high. Look at canoo, friskers, lordstown, who's buying rivians or lucids.
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Probably go belly up or acquired, or destroyed by Trump policies.
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I rather just buy a used Japanese mini truck. Those things actually are used for work.

After all the customization the thing is going to be well above 25K.
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You could get 2 Kai trucks for the price of one of these
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You could get 2 Kai trucks for the price of one of these
Two 15 year old (25 in the us) gas trucks with about 1/3 to 1/4th the horsepower vs a new EV pickup is what you are looking at.
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^^ yea but how much power do you need? The kei trucks are rated at 350kg of cargo in the bed. So if you use it for garden runs, dirt, fridge, wheels, engines, it should be more than enough. And all 3 side gates fold down so you have a perfectly flat floor for loading unloading on 3 sides.
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A few speculations and I'm asking because I'm not well-versed in the world of EVs.
1. Will these be subject to Trump's tariffs? I assume these will be built/made in the US? (Bonus question: Could this be considered a kit car?)
2. Are these even be certified or street legal in Canada?
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I'm sure if it's us certified then we should be also isn't it all under than USA Mexico agreement. Why would you make a us only car. And I can't think of any modern car that's USA only and illegal in Canada.

Of course tariffs baby, so yes kei is still a better buy.

$20000 USD is $27,735.968 CAD today

So that's like 3 kei trucks or a used model 3, y, s
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^^ yea but how much power do you need? The kei trucks are rated at 350kg of cargo in the bed. So if you use it for garden runs, dirt, fridge, wheels, engines, it should be more than enough. And all 3 side gates fold down so you have a perfectly flat floor for loading unloading on 3 sides.
The slate has a 635 KG bed capacity, is way safer and way easier to get parts for. I don't even know where in Nanaimo I could get a kei truck fixed. Also kei trucks are pretty slow with a top speed of 120km. The slate is 3 feet longer and aboyt a foot wider than a kei truck. It's about the same size as an 80's Toyota single cab pickup truck.

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I think the biggest detractor is the regular cab.

No one wants a regular cab truck outside of the most basic work truck. So if this thing is 20k it’s a work truck most people would be better off with a Mazda 2 or so thing if you need room
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A few speculations and I'm asking because I'm not well-versed in the world of EVs.
1. Will these be subject to Trump's tariffs? I assume these will be built/made in the US? (Bonus question: Could this be considered a kit car?)
2. Are these even be certified or street legal in Canada?
https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tes...ue-to-tariffs/

Tesla's in Canada are subject to tariffs now

Model Y long range back to COVID pricing, $85,000
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We should really cut the China car tariffs, wouldn't f150 and all the American shit get hit too
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The slate has a 635 KG bed capacity, is way safer and way easier to get parts for. I don't even know where in Nanaimo I could get a kei truck fixed. Also kei trucks are pretty slow with a top speed of 120km. The slate is 3 feet longer and aboyt a foot wider than a kei truck. It's about the same size as an 80's Toyota single cab pickup truck.

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The Kei trucks have simple engines. You can bring it to any mechanic. Parts might be a different story.

The bed length is 5 ft vs 6ft for K trucks. Not to mention you got the rear wheel arch in the bed of the slate that takes up quite a bit of room.

240 miles approx per charge, and looks like its only rwd.
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Kei trucks are really neat but you can't really get much simpler than an electric motor, there's only one moving part.
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i dont know what i hate more, the designs, the brand, or the fact they are EV's.

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I think the design looks great. I can't wait for someone to wrap it in this.

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