Overview
- Slate opened $300 preorders on June 24, 2026, and set a $24,950 base price for the two-seat Blank Slate pickup with SUV conversion packages starting near $29,950 and $31,950.
- The production truck uses a roughly 63 kWh lithium-iron-phosphate battery, a single rear motor, NACS charging access, and a company-estimated range of about 205 miles with a 10-year/110,000-mile battery and powertrain warranty.
- Slate said it will invest about $400 million to build a factory in Warsaw, Indiana, and aims to begin customer deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2026.
- The company reports more than 180,000 reservation holders and early preorder demand, but converting those reservations into paid orders and hitting a profitable production ramp are the central near-term risks.
- Slate’s business model trims factory costs by selling a bare vehicle with hand-crank windows and no infotainment, pushing customization, owner serviceability and RepairPal repairs as revenue sources while relying on roughly $1.4 billion in investor funding including backers tied to Jeff Bezos.