Overview
- On Wednesday, June 24, Slate set a $24,950 starting MSRP and opened preorders with a $300 deposit or $250 for earlier $50 reservation-holders.
- The production spec uses a single rear motor, a roughly 65 kWh LFP battery with 63 kWh usable, NACS charging, an 11 kW onboard charger, and an estimated 205-mile range.
- The base vehicle is intentionally bare: two seats, hand-crank windows, no paint or infotainment, and buyers are expected to add features via a Slate accessories marketplace and DIY conversion kits.
- Slate says it has more than 180,000 reservations and plans first customer deliveries in late 2026 with a production ramp in 2027 at its Warsaw, Indiana facility, creating a near-term test of manufacturing scale and service support.
- Backers have provided roughly $1.4 billion in funding, and the company’s low-cost strategy responds to the end of the federal $7,500 EV tax credit and wider industry pullbacks on affordable EVs, which together shape both the price and the execution risk.