Officially known as the Slate Truck, the vehicle will leave its maker’s Michigan factory in only one ultra-basic configuration. That's a two-door single-cab with a 4-by-5-foot bed. Its overall length is longer than the tiny Telo MT1 but shorter than the Ford Maverick.
Most of its body panels are made of a molded-in-color Slate Gray (of course) dent-resistant composite. The black-painted steel wheels are perhaps the simplest design imaginable. Still, Slate provides safety basics including front automatic emergency braking and multiple airbags.
Not since cars from the 1990s has there been an interior so barren as the Slate Truck’s. Physical switchgear is used throughout, including the climate control knobs and crank windows. Touchscreens are conspicuously absent.
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