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The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950

It’s not ‘under $20,000,’ but the American-made electric pickup is still the least expensive truck and EV on the US market.

by Jess Weatherbed

Jun 24, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.

We now know the price of Slate Auto’s affordable American-made electric truck, almost a year after the company warned it wouldn’t hit its initial “under $20,000” target price. The no-frills pickup starts at $24,950 — matching the revised mid-$20,000 price range it promised last year, after the Trump administration announced it was putting an end to the $7,500 federal EV tax credit.

Preorders for the Slate truck are going live today, with production scheduled to begin in autumn 2026. Customers can pay a $300 non-refundable deposit within the next 30 days to lock in...

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