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Ars Technica reports on a brief Slate Auto website leak showing $24,950 base price for the Blank Slate EV pickup ahead of its June 24 unveiling; forum screenshots and Autoblog coverage align on the reveal timing and ~$25k target.

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Slate Auto's electric pickup surfaces at $24,950 in website leak

Pricing for the pared-back Blank Slate pickup briefly reached the Slate Auto website at $24,950 after the $7,500 federal tax credit disappeared. The company will confirm numbers and offer ride impressions at the formal debut on June 24.

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Slate Auto's electric pickup surfaces at $24,950 in website leak
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Slate Auto's Blank Slate electric pickup carries a base price of $24,950 per a brief website leak. The posting showed revised specs including 181 horsepower and 2,000-pound towing capacity for the 150-mile-range truck. Official details and final pricing emerge at the June 24 unveiling after loss of a planned tax credit.

The Blank Slate electric pickup from Slate Auto will carry a base price of $24,950 according to a short-lived posting that appeared on the company website. The vehicle, which strips out many standard features so buyers can add them later, receives its official unveiling on June 24.

The leaked price appeared briefly on the Slate site. That figure for the standard-range model remained visible for several hours before disappearing. Forum users captured screenshots that also displayed revised vehicle details.
Buyers receive a compact truck without an infotainment screen or cellular modem and with the ability to convert the body into an SUV or fastback style afterward.

Output from the rear-drive motor drops to 181 hp from the earlier target of 201 hp, yet the truck's towing capacity has increased to 2,000 lbs.
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Slate targeted a lower price when it first revealed the truck. The company initially aimed for a price near $20,000 in 2025 on the assumption that the $7,500 IRS clean vehicle tax credit would stay available. That credit was abolished later in 2025.

Buyers receive a compact truck without an infotainment screen or cellular modem and with the ability to convert the body into an SUV or fastback style afterward. Range stands at 150 miles.

Official details arrive next week. Slate will release final pricing numbers together with first-ride impressions during the June 24 event. Jonathan M. Gitlin is the Automotive Editor at Ars Technica.
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