US man tries out Slate's $24,950 EV truck and quickly finds out if the cheap vehicle is a viable purchase

This YouTuber just reviewed the new Slate Truck – the super simple, super cheap electric truck that’s about to change the way we look at EVs.

Or at least that’s the idea.

The Slate truck was created to fix a problem most people don’t even realize is there.

And, according to this guy, the truck has been pretty successful in solving the issue.

The problem that Slate is trying to solve

Slate identified a problem that people are either ignoring or pretending isn’t there.

In general, if you look at cars today compared to 15 or 20 years ago, three things stand out.

They’re almost always bigger and heavier, they’re always more expensive, and they always come with more stuff.

We don’t even notice it, but in addition to the safety features you have to include because the law dictates, modern cars often come with features that are cool and useful, but not necessarily indispensable.

This makes cars more comfortable, but also more expensive.

This phenomenon is especially true with electric cars, which often come with so many cool tech features that cost money, but the extra cost is already baked into the MSRP.

Slate is doing things differently.

They’ll sell you a bare-bones truck with everything you need and nothing you don’t.

It doesn’t even come with power windows as standard.

And that’s how they keep the price so low.

People have been driving it, and it’s apparently pretty good.

This is why the truck is so cheap

Peter Ferris, CEO of Slate, said the truck is cheap precisely because of the reasons we mentioned above.

“New cars are loaded with trim packages and features that you don’t want, but you’re forced to buy. And what happens? That drives prices up,” he told Gjeebs, one of many YouTubers who have already tested the Slate.

The Slate Truck starts at $24,950, offering 205 miles of range with a 65 kWh battery pack, which is not bad at all.

It comes with a modular center console, which you can customize with an infotainment screen, better A/C and so on, and it’s pretty spacious despite being relatively compact.

Also, this isn’t the fastest truck in the world on paper but, being electric, it has a lot of low-end torque, which is what you need if you want to tow or haul stuff around.

And it doesn’t feel slow, apparently.

“Absolutely nothing about this electric truck feels slow,” Gjeebs said in the video.

Despite being so simple, the truck is fully customizable if you want to have some fun.

“You can go on a color wheel on their website and pick the exact color that you want. They’ll ship the wrap to you for $500,” the YouTuber explained.

Spiritually – for lack of a better word – the Slate electric truck is a solid project.

It also needs to work in the real world and over an extended period, not just for reviews.

But so far, so good, especially when you learn that over 150,000 people have already ordered one.

And if Slate can pull that off, well, they could revolutionize electric trucks.