The company broke cover on Thursday night, announcing plans to bring a refreshingly simple and cheap EV pickup truck to market in late 2026. It comes with crank windows, two seats, no touchscreen and a targeted price of under $20,000 after federal rebates. That's about one-third the going rate for a new electric car in this country.

Slate caused a lot of social media froth when it parked a pair of styling concepts (not functional vehicles) in Venice, California, advertising bizarre fake businesses. Today, the company unveiled the vehicle to the press at an event near the Long Beach Airport.