Slate Auto may be one of the most interesting companies in the American automotive industry right now. Based in Warsaw, Indiana, the startup is taking a completely different approach to building an electric pickup truck. Forget Ford’s clean-sheet “skunk works” story; the Slate Truck’s design has been stripped down to just 600 parts and components. That minimalism includes the interior, where you’ll find two seats and manually wound windows, but no infotainment system. If you’re one of Ars’ many readers who want an electric car that won’t track you, Slate might have what you’re looking for.
It’s not an entirely analog experience, though; a Slate smartphone app can manage settings, change drive mode, and p …
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Author: Jonathan M. Gitlin
Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup
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