Just a day after TechCrunch revealed that Jeff Bezos supports a secret EV start -up called Slate Auto, an early version of the company’s low -cost electric truck was found in the wild.
Reddit U/Discostranger09 posted a photo In the R/WhatISTHISCAR SUBREDDIT on Wednesday of a small, dark gray, dot truck on a flat bed. The user said he was unloaded from a container outside his office in the Los Angeles area. The photo was first mentioned by carscoops and car shops The self -sustaining.
The truck depicted is, in fact, the One Slate Auto works, according to a person with immediate knowledge of the design of Slate Auto vehicles who talked about the condition of anonymity. This person, whose identity is known in TechCrunch, said the truck is likely to be one of the vehicles created by the start to show potential investors – including the La Dodgers control owner – in his design studio in Long Beach, California.
The truck is simply style, with a mask that looks a bit like modern Ford Bronco Sport. It also looks a bit like a smaller, simplified Rivian R1T – which is interesting, as the head of the Slate’s external plan had a short time in Rivian before coming to the secret.
But there are no dramatic flourishing, and this is from the design.
As TechCrunch said earlier this week, the new company is trying to build a business around the truck that includes the sale of about $ 25,000. Slate plans to upgrade customers about adapting and accessories of a wide variety. The company has deposited a brand for the phrase “We have built it.
Another brand that has not yet been mentioned is for the phrase “empty slate”. This is one way the company can refer to the basic model of the truck before the customer chooses any adjustment options, according to the person familiar with the subject. It is not clear whether the company is installed in a name for the truck, despite being a few weeks away from coming out of secrecy. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
