Fun AI Tool to Show How Your Customized Slate EV Truck or SUV Might Be Built Out

[AbleGuy]

Sure, Hilldweller has his fun AI generator and his silly Action Figure AI generator, but does he have this one?

SLATE Maker

You make your SLATE as unique as your lifestyle.

www.slate.auto

This one allows you to play with some ideas about how you’d outfit your new cheap, little ($20,000!) Bezo’s Built SLATE EV Truck. After all, it is a bit boring in the uninspiring gray stock built.


Click on the above link to play with designs.

Or Read more about this here:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64634907/2027-slate-truck-ev-build-spec-price/

 

[Moyshe Kapoyer]

Absolutely love the concept

 

[cricketwagon]

Slate RWD only, not likely to see a significant demand. Here is a more interesting upcoming vehicle :

TELO Trucks: Compact Electric Pickup Trucks for Urban Adventures and Eco-Friendly Travel

Explore TELO Trucks: Compact electric trucks unmatched in EV efficiency. Discover the future of electric pickups today!

www.telotrucks.com

 

[AbleGuy]

Great catch!

I love the flexibility and utility of the ‘midgate’ idea (first seen in the Avalanche). Everything old is new again. That feature would make it a nice little compact ‘sleep in the back’ camper with a cab high shell.

Decent range too. But you do have to wonder whether this’ll ever get off the ground though. At least Slate has the Bezomeister! Hopefully they’ll avoid meeting the same sad end as Fisker, Lordstown Motors, ELMS, and so many other EV startups that have quickly died and filed for bankruptcy.

Read More: https://www.slashgear.com/1849263/telo-pickup-truck-who-owns-where-made/


Here’s a face off between these two:

https://insideevs.com/reviews/758472/slate-vs-telo-ev-truck/

Telo says the MT1 will cost $41,520 and up. Factoring in the $7,500 federal rebate theoretically knocks that down to roughly $34,000.

Range, Batteries & Charging​

Here's how these trucks stack up in terms of their EV specs.

	Slate	Telo MT1
Range (base/max)	150/240 miles	260/350 miles
Battery Size (base/ optional)	52.7/84.3 kWh	77/106 kWh
Charge Port	NACS	NACS
Charge Time (20-80%)	30 minutes	20 minutes
Max Charge Power	120 kW	250 kW

Telo (with a tow capacity of 6,000 lbs!) plans to start production of these in 2026 using a contract manufacturer, and using off-the-shelf components to bring down cost.

While sure, anyone with mad AI skills could come up with a cool design and an enticing, fancy website these days, the Telo Trucks MT1 may be really gaining traction as real legit vehicle as importantly, their first pre-production prototype hit the road for testing this past week.