Slate Auto’s Slate Truck does not ship a factory infotainment screen. The company says you bring a phone or tablet instead, then mount it on a dash bracket with charging. Heating and air conditioning stay in the truck.
Bring your own tech, on purpose
On its personalization page, Slate calls built-in infotainment bulky, distracting, and quickly outdated. Instead, a Slate can come with a phone or tablet mount. It also includes a holder for a portable Bluetooth speaker. Specifically, the FAQ is blunt: it’s true. The Slate uses the tech you already know and love, with easy mounting and charging included for your phone.
Slate says you use the apps you already know. When your phone is the controller, you do not need CarPlay or Android Auto. Plug in a phone or tablet and start the maps or music you already pay for. Therefore, Bluetooth in the cabin is your phone talking to a portable speaker or Slate accessory audio.
Likewise, HVAC is not a bring-your-own fan. The FAQ says heating and air conditioning come with the truck, with simple analog controls. However, analog knobs run that system, not a touch menu. An accessory steering-wheel controller can run connected devices. For example, accessory speakers can turn the dash into a sound bar if you want a built-in setup later.
What the Blank Slate actually includes
The Blank Slate is a two-door electric pickup with the essentials from $24,950. Slate lists a $1,450 destination charge and a $300 preorder that counts toward the purchase. First deliveries are slated for late 2026. That price was already on the table when Slate opened cheap-truck preorders.
Meanwhile, the store card lists a projected 205-mile range and a 150 kW rear motor. Payload is about 1,550 lb. Towing is about 2,000 lb. A backup camera is in the safety list. Specs still show a small driver display for speed and reverse, not a center tablet.
Every Slate starts as a two-seat pickup. You can take delivery as a five-seat Squareback SUV, Fastback, or Open Air kit, or add those later. In addition, wrap kits start around $500. Over 200 accessories sit in the marketplace, and Slate says more than 80% cost under $500.
As a result, the low sticker is not a mystery trim. You pay for a mount and your own screen. Then you add speakers, wraps, or an SUV kit if you want them. That is a different bet than the loaded midsize EV pickups, including Ford’s Fathom electric truck for 2027.
Finally, tablet and speaker mounts are sold separately. Exact add-on prices live in Slate’s Accessories Marketplace, not in the FAQ.
