Slate crossed the milestone over the weekend, just a little more than two weeks after coming out of stealth mode and unveiling the truck at an event in Los Angeles, California. The company has said the truck will start below $20,000 after applying the $7,500 federal EV tax credit and plans to build the vehicles at a former printing plant in Warsaw, Indiana, as TechCrunch first reported. 'We are truly humbled by America's response to Slate's brand launch and the launch of our truck,' Slate's chief commercial officer Jeremy Snyder said in a statement to TechCrunch. 'We are excited for what the future holds.' Collecting 100,000 reservations so quickly is one sign of how much interest there has been in Slate since it revealed the truck, but it's no guarantee those reservations will translate to sales. The company is only asking prospective buyers to plop down $50 to reserve their place in line to eventually order the truck; the fee is refundable. Many other EV startups have touted...
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