A pricing page on Slate Auto’s website reportedly listed the standard-range Slate truck at $24,950 before it was pulled hours later. The leak also included revised specs, including 181 hp for the rear motor and a doubled 2,000-lb tow rating—details now gone, w
For hours today, the Slate Auto website appeared to show the one number people have been waiting to see: what the company’s pared-back electric pickup will cost.
The listing—later removed—suggested the standard-range Slate truck would start at $24,950. Screenshots circulated on the Slate forums while the price was live. turning a quiet internal moment into instant public debate: if an electric truck is going to stay within reach. the price has to do the heavy lifting.
This is the Blank Slate pickup EV. one of the most anticipated electric vehicles scheduled to make its formal debut next week. Slate Auto’s pitch is “back-to-basics,” aimed at cutting costs by leaving out features many buyers take for granted. Electric windows, for instance, are described as an optional extra rather than something built in.
People are also drawn to the idea of a compact footprint and an EV that doesn’t lean on an infotainment system or an embedded modem at launch. The company has also positioned the truck around the option to upconvert it later into an SUV or fastback—an approach that matters to anyone who worries about buying a vehicle before they can fully commit to what they want.
The range conversation has been just as loud as the price. In the abstract, the standard range is listed as 150 miles (241 km). The catch is simple: interest fades quickly if the truck’s cost lands too high.
Slate Auto first broke cover in 2025 with a target price around $20,000, banking on the assumption that the $7,500 IRS clean vehicle tax credit would remain in effect. That credit was abolished later that year.
The leak now appears to reflect the new reality. The same screenshot set and posted updates reportedly included revised hardware details: the electric motor for the rear wheels was listed as 181 hp (135 kW). down from 201 hp (150 kW). At the same time, the tow rating was shown as doubled to 2,000 lbs (907 kg).
Those pricing and specification details are no longer visible on the Slate website. Still, the fact that they appeared at all—and that they disappeared quickly—has kept attention tightly focused on what comes next.
June 24 has now become the date everyone will watch. That’s when Slate says it will have official pricing and a first-ride impression.
The sequence is hard to miss: a 2025 plan built around a $20. 000 target and the $7. 500 IRS credit. followed by the credit’s abolition. and then a higher starting figure of $24. 950 showing up briefly online. With the debut next week approaching. the question is no longer whether pricing matters—it’s exactly how far it lands from the dream budget that brought so many people to the idea in the first place.
Slate Auto Blank Slate truck electric pickup EV price $24 950 181 hp 2 000 lbs tow rating June 24 IRS clean vehicle tax credit