Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?
27-08-2026 12:00 via technologyreview.com

Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?

EVs account for under 10% of total new-vehicle sales in the US, and the numbers are declining. From a climate perspective, that’s pretty dismal, especially because the transportation sector is the single biggest source of greenhouse-gas emissions in the country. One thing that could help turn that around? Slate Auto’s new truck—a vehicle that seems to buck every convention about selling cars in the fully loaded, range-obsessed US market.  The company is going al
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