Slate May Have Accidentally Leaked the Price for Its Electric Truck
Key takeaways
- Slate's electric pickup truck could start at $24,950 if an alleged leak is accurate.
- John Roe|Car and Driver Slate, the startup that plans to launch its bare-bones electric pickup truck this year, may have leaked its starting price ahead of schedule.
- The Autopian first reported the alleged leak after a fan sent in a screenshot of Slate's site metadata, which included a line in the code that was hidden from the main page.
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Slate's electric pickup truck could start at $24,950 if an alleged leak is accurate.
John Roe|Car and Driver Slate, the startup that plans to launch its bare-bones electric pickup truck this year, may have leaked its starting price ahead of schedule. The Autopian reported a potential price leak after a fan found a hidden line of code in Slate's website metadata that says the truck will start at $24,950. Official pricing and preorder information for the truck will be released on June 24, with deliveries starting in late 2026.First, the Slate Truck was advertised to sell for less than $20,000. Then the number was $27,500 after the federal EV tax credit disappeared. Now, we're expecting the Slate Truck to start at $24,950, if the site's metadata is any proof.
The Autopian first reported the alleged leak after a fan sent in a screenshot of Slate's site metadata, which included a line in the code that was hidden from the main page. The now-deleted line said, "The Slate Truck has all the essentials for the CONFIDENTIAL price of $24,950 (reminder: we're all still under NDA and prohibited from sharing this)."