The Slate truck is coming together. After the lovable two-door electric pickup conquered the internet with its bare-bones interior and appealing price tag, the Jeff Bezos-backed startup hasn’t rested on its laurels.
Founded in 2022, Slate went to Nevada this summer to put a couple of road-going prototypes through their paces in one of the hottest environments in the United States. Engineers and designers alike drove to the Davis Dam near Laughlin, Nevada, to see if the battery cooling system and the interior air conditioning systems could keep temperatures in check while driving up a 6% incline with a full truck bed and a trailer attached to the rear.
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