Slate Truck Leak Reveals $24,950 Starting Price
Slate's slate truck appears to start at $24,950, according to price text that was allegedly found in the company’s website code before its June 24 announcement. The figure would put the pickup at the low end of a market where entry prices still sit far above compact cars and many gas trucks.
How the $24,950 price surfaced
A reader found the price in the code on a page called How to Preorder and sent it to The Autopian, which first reported it, and the same number allegedly showed up on Slate’s public-facing FAQ page and in a Slate Facebook group before disappearing from the website. The line of code read, “The Slate Truck has all the essentials for the CONFIDENTIAL price of $24,950 (reminder: we're all still under NDA and prohibited from sharing this.”
Slate said the most basic truck would start in the mid-$20,000 range, and the reported $24,950 price was before destination charges. That places the truck below the $27,600 Chevy Bolt, which the article described as the cheapest new EV, and under Ford’s electric truck, which was expected to come in at just under $30,000.
Slate Truck range and equipment
The stripped-down pitch is part of the point. Slate said it had stripped out most of the features people take for granted on a modern vehicle, and the truck was described as having crank windows, no stereo, and a non-painted composite body. Buyers who want more range would have to pay more for a 240-mile battery pack, while the standard-range battery was said to provide 150 miles of range.
The single rear motor was said to produce 201 horsepower, and the truck was said to tow 1,000 pounds. Those numbers point to an entry-level electric pickup built around price first, not payload or luxury, and that makes the leaked starting point the real story rather than the equipment list.
No stores, no service network
Slate had zero showrooms or service centers at the time of the article, so the sticker price is only one part of the buying decision. A low entry price may draw attention, but shoppers still need to know where they would pick up service and support once the truck is on the road.
The next unresolved issue is whether the June 24 announcement will stick with the $24,950 figure or adjust it once Slate puts the truck onstage in public.
