Slate Pickup Truck

Slate Pickup Truck

Iowa man has reserved a Slate pickup truck. I hadn't heard of it. It's electric and it's cheap, they're claiming under 20 G's with a government rebate. We'll see if that is still a thing in two years which is when this thing will actually be available. 

How cheap is it? Current price of gold is around $3,500 an ounce. In 1971, which was the last time we had actual money, gold was $35 an ounce, so the price of gold has gone up by a factor of 100, or to put it more accurately, the value of the dollar has gone down by a factor of 100. One of today's dollars is worth one cent from 1971. Apply that rule to the price of the truck, and this truck only costs $200. Shoot, even I had $200 in 1971.

Motor Trend has a happy video about it. Too happy for me.

Looking for pictures of this vehicle, I didn't like most of what I saw - dark vehicle with dark backgrounds - it's almost like they don't want you to see what it looks like. I guess that goes along with their 'customization'. Yeah, you can buy an invisible vehicle, or you can tart it up with fancy colors and useless do-dads. I suspect that's where they hope to make their money.