Slate Truck Announced

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64564869/2027-slate-truck-revealed/

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2027-slate-truck-electric-first-look-review



TL;DR/W

• Regular cab, (sub?)compact, two seater pickup with 4.5' bed, 175" long total
• Electric, two battery sizes targeting 150 and 240 miles of range, RWD
• Designed to be modular, biggest party trick is bolt-on reversible conversion into a 5-seater SUV and many accessories
• Manual windows, manual mirrors, no infotainment or speakers stock, as spartan an interior as it gets, 4 inch display as a gauge cluster.
• Expected late-2026
• targeting ~$27k price point ($20k if the federal tax credit sticks around and you qualify)
• People like to talk about it being backed by Bezos
• 1.4k lb payload, 1k lb towing
• You can have any color as long as it's grey (or wrapped)

And of course tariffs, political/economic climate, any potential unexpected surprise, end of 2026 is pretty far out, etc. can and will vary so all these could very well go the way of the Cybertruck in terms of announced vs. launch specs, prices as well as build quality can't be known but it sure looks cute.

From a value standpoint, the low-upper 20k range though (after and before incentives) puts it up against the Trax, Corolla, to the Crosstrek and base Maverick. So for someone looking for nothing more than four wheels, not a great value especially all those have power windows and... speakers but for the tinkerer intrigued by commuting on electrons and isn't into iPad dashes, OTA software updates and those aerodynamic door handles it could very well be an interesting choice. (but then again there's also hunting down and retrofitting a Ranger EV today but probably will be similarly expensive.)

It very much does sound like internet commenters designed a light duty pickup (regular cab! crank windows! No tech!) and if it hits the market as announced, I'd love to see how it does.