The recently bankrupt manufacturer and a big billionaire at a palatial startup have recently wasted news about the affordable EV 4×4. Perhaps the most attractive thing is the alleged pickup trucks obtained from the mysterious slate car, TechCrunch Earlier this week was reported on Jeff Bezos’ financial capabilities. The issue of electric vehicles that once promoted cano Entered the takeover in January, but its former CEO has received a green light to buy its assets. and new launch three Bookings have begun for its tiny “city adventure” vehicles.
Slate automatically comes out of the shadow
Every TechCrunch’s reportthe exposed single-driving pickup seen in the image below was captured by Reddit users in Southern California and is probably a design prototype for Slate Auto.
Over the past few years, Slate has raised a lot of money not only with Bezos, but also with other people who have close ties to Amazon. Troy, headquartered in Troy, Michigan, in Long Beach, California, is rumored to be focusing on production facilities near Indianapolis. The rumored low entry cost indicates a relatively naked base vehicle, while the TechCrunch is Sean O’Kane wrote,,,,,
Slate plans to complement the smaller edge of its low-cost truck by building a range of accessories and clothing that owners can use to customize their vehicles and appearance… It has filled its execution level with former Harley-Davidson and Stellantis employees, a company that has historically relied on such ancillary businesses.
Custom clean “slate” can be an attractive option for adventure-conscious pickup buyers, and the company has provided trademark protection for the phrase “we build, you do it.” Details about the vehicle itself are essentially non-existent, but Slate’s low-key and methodical approach to building a company, along with the deep pockets behind it, could give new companies a better chance than the current Bank Rupp Rupp EV startup Nikola, Fister and Canoo.
CANOO makes a comeback?
Canoo teased us for years with fantasy avant-garde EV Adventure Vans and Cab-Over pickups, but even on the landing of a handful Contract with the federal government,include Highly anticipated fulfillment For NASA. Chapter 7 Litigation filed Single buyer For the remaining $4 million in assets, the remaining assets in Canoo’s closet – the company’s former CEO and one of its biggest investors Tony Aquila.
There is no suggestion yet, Canoo may try to restart production of its bubble vans and trucks. Its burning billions of dollars in record time at the helm of Aquila could create a major obstacle to a real comeback. But like Slate Auto, Canoo’s original Gambit is based on a variety of customizations and modularity for different lifestyles and purposes. However, its collapse and production reliability were both questioned early on, and the brand never gained the traction needed to increase the mass production.
The TV is small
Telecom Truck It is a California-based startup that demonstrates its Lilliputian’s “Urban Adventure Vehicle” and says it provides no more than the Mini Cooper (152 inches long) footprint for the Toyota Tacoma’s features and Tesla-like range. The company’s remote dual-motor 4WD model touts 500 horsepower, 1,700 pounds of payload and a range of up to 350 miles. The configuration includes up to eight seats and an optional weatherproof camper canopy with integrated lighting beds (60 inches, longer than the Rivian R1T).
The 106 kWh EV battery will also be equipped with 20 minutes of fast charging, as well as integrated solar panels for rooftops, camping shells or optional Tonneau covers, adding more power to the equation. The renderings of the interior show fabric front-line design and minimalist instrumentation with a large central screen and square steering wheel. The space-age look pushes the TV’s wheels far away from the vehicle, and it’s poses a bit more van than a pickup truck, with its short nose giving up the extra storage space provided by the “Frunk” on the Rivian or Cybertruck. Dual-motor telecommunications start at $46,000, and a deposit of only $150 will retain your place in the production queue.
This is a delicate period for the electric vehicle industry, as many large manufacturers have overturned the more ambitious electric model line to support a new generation of hybrids, even internal combustion engines. The growing success of high prices, shockingly unpredictable shifts in government policy directives, the deaths of other small EV startups, and even capital-capsular companies such as Lucid and Rivian (which reported their first profits only in the last quarter of 2024), suggests a high level of uncertainty in electric vehicles in the current autobike landscape.
Of the three brands we’ve checked here, definitely the future of Slate Auto, seems to be the most eye-catching theater for off-road adventurers. If Slate does offer a remote, functional and inexpensive 4WD platform with multiple custom builds, direct-to-consumer sales, and Amazon cash behind, we can see a real shift in the electrified off-road world. So far, truly affordable EVs have been chimera-the average price of U.S. electric vehicles hover around $55,000 (a good Telo can easily hit that mark), so reducing the price of that entry in more than half is probably the biggest challenge for Slate.
Picture: Telecom, reddit/discostranger09canoo
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