Jeff Bezos-backed Slate will teach your local repair shop how to service its $20,000 EV pickup truck so it can be fixed anywhere

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto will teach your local repair shop how to service its $20,000 EV pickup truck, so it can be fixed anywhere.

Usually, if you had a car that had issues, you would take it into the dealership.

The US company is doing things differently, and will be teaching local mechanics how to fix their trucks.

The company is doing so by teaming up with RepairPal shops across the US.

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How Slate Auto is doing things differently

In a lot of ways, Slate Auto is shirking the conventions of the modern automotive world.

Gone is the sophisticated electronics that we’ve come to expect from so many new vehicles – the truck will come with a mount for a tablet.

And in another move that would defy expectation, the company announced that it would be training up mechanics around the country to be able to fix its trucks.

This is being done through RepairPal shops.

“In an industry first, Slate will offer customers simplified, transparent service through certified RepairPal service centers in the neighborhoods where Slate’s customers live,” the company said.

RepairPal is the self-described largest network of repair shops in the US, certifying more than 4,000 shops nationwide.

These shops will be ‘trained on Slate procedures for accessory installation’, and will be ready to ‘provide service and repairs on Slate trucks’.

The company said that more than 200 shops have been qualified so far.

Because of the complex nature of working on EV power systems, only a select few will be chosen to be certified.

Jeff Bezos-backed startup has been building up a lot of hype

Since the $20,000 EV pickup truck was announced, there’s been a lot of excitement about it.

Even before it was officially confirmed, sightings of the truck were generating a lot of buzz online.

But with every new detail that’s emerged, curiosity has grown, whether it’s the fact that it has manual windows, or the theories circulating around its name.

And the proof is in the pudding – the reservations for the truck were skyrocketing in the US as early as May.

The trucks aren’t expected to arrive until late 2026, so we still have quite a bit of a wait to go.

But good things come to those who wait, right?

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