The Slate truck

[wtg]

Slate Auto, a firm backed in part by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is unveiling a low-cost electric truck that can also change into an SUV.

Its starting price point: $20,000 after federal EV incentives.

"A radically simple electric pickup truck that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV," the Slate Auto website says. "Made in the USA at a price that’s actually affordable (no really, for real)."

The two-door version can be changed into a 5-seat SUV. The baseline truck is small: About two-thirds the size of a Chevy Silverado EV and about seven-eights the size of a Ford Maverick. It has a payload capacity of 1,400 pounds compared the Maverick's 1500 pounds.

At less than 15 feet long, Slate says its more akin to a 1985 Toyota pickup.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/bezos-backed-slate-auto-unveils-affordable-ev-truck-rcna203014

[Axtremus]

I like it, at least the idea of it.
Now just waiting to see the reliability/longevity data.

[Steve Miller]

Reminds my of the Toyota Stout pickup my brother drove in high school. Simple, reliable, and tough as nails.

I want one.

[CHAS]

I liked the handy little trucks Toyota made. Rented a RV built on one in Alaska.
Would make a handy second vehicle. Try and failing to justify buying one.