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This would be an awesome deal and I would buy one, but... 1) There is no way it will actually be $25K. Low price points are always announced and never met; and 2) This vehicle will be full of spyware collecting all your data to be sold. Yes, Tesla does it to, but I'm not buying a Tesla either.
Have you actually read anything about this truck? It hasn't even got an entertainment console. No GPS tracker. Hell, it doesn't have power windows in the base model. What spyware do you think it has?
Jeff Bezos sits in a small compartment in the front, naked.
He doesnt have to be naked, but he insists upon it anyway
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/slate-says-its-electric-pickup-will-never-track-you/
"We pinky swear that we will not sell any of the massive trove of data we're collecting on you and your driving, especially not to insurance companies."
You don't need the smartphone app at all which you'd know if you had continued to read the article.
Security and privacy are diametrically opposed to convenience. Don't want the app and tracking by the company then just leave the app off your phone. It's not rocket science.
Yes, but the truck wont track your data. An app will, but thats completely optional
So don't install the app? It's not necessary
The Slate does even have speakers. I don't think it'll have network connectivity.