Is the Slate Pickup Really Priced at $24,950?
Is the Slate Pickup Really Priced at $24,950?
Justin BannerWed, June 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC
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Slate Truck Pricing Leaked, Reported as $24,950MotorTrend - MotorTrend (MotorTrend - MotorTrend)
Maybe you shouldn't put embargoed notes in your site's web code. That might be the lesson Slate is learning today, as it has apparently "leaked" its June 24 surprise. Thanks to someone who did some snooping and reported their findings to The Autopian, plus an accidental reveal on Slate's FAQ page, we now know the starting price of Slate's all-electric pickup. And that price is a rather significant undercut of Ford's EV minitruck.
Two alleged mistakes by Slate's web team revealed the $24,950 MSRP for the Blank Slate ahead of its June 24 reveal date. Even if it costs another $2,000 to get one delivered to you, the Slate pickup could still undercut the "$30,000" Ford EV pickup by $3,000 or more. Ford's Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform will also offer two more doors, may offer better amenities, and is being built by a well-known automaker. We're curious to see whether being that much cheaper, very basic, and open to modifications will help Slate sell enough units to keep its doors open against the Dearborn automaker.
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The website coding notes and the FAQ "leaks" were removed from the site as of this writing. We reached out to Slate Auto, but it has not confirmed the $24,950 figure or provided any details on extra fees or the cost of the SUV conversion and other options. For now, it is still sticking to that June 24 date for its official pricing, according to its edited FAQ page.
Although the reported sub-$25,000 price remains speculative until then, it does line up with Slate's earlier "mid-$20,000 range" phrasing when asked about it in the past, even after the federal EV tax credit ended.
Source: “AOL Money”
