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Door staff@engadget.com (Will Shanklin) - 19 Oct 2026
The Slate ships by default with no screen or stereo. The idea is to use your phone for both jobs, although add-ons can fill in some gaps.
That lack of built-in audio is one of the hardest limits for a music or podcast lover to get past. Fortunately, Slate gives you several accessory options, including a mount for Bluetooth speakers. We went with the center speaker ($250) plus a pair of front left and right speakers ($150). $400 seems like a reasonable enough price to pay for a modern sound system.
Then we added Slate's Bluetooth steering wheel controls (price TBD) to skip songs and answer calls without taking hands off the wheel. You can only pretend you're in the 1970s to a point.
Also in our build: the tablet mount (unpriced) alongside the standard phone mount. A larger screen for navigation was too hard to pass up. Although it isn't confirmed whether the mount can support it, we'd also look into one of those portable CarPlay / Android Auto displays to run car-specific apps.
We also added the Five Switch upgrade ($40) for a row of physical light switches. This accessory is required for the fog lights, which no wannabe Bronco should go without. We added the home charger ($479), which, according to Slate, lets you fully charge the truck in five to eight hours. The company has said it will also sell adapters for older public chargers, since the truck is designed for Tesla's plug.
That lack of built-in audio is one of the hardest limits for a music or podcast lover to get past. Fortunately, Slate gives you several accessory options, including a mount for Bluetooth speakers. We went with the center speaker ($250) plus a pair of front left and right speakers ($150). $400 seems like a reasonable enough price to pay for a modern sound system.
Then we added Slate's Bluetooth steering wheel controls (price TBD) to skip songs and answer calls without taking hands off the wheel. You can only pretend you're in the 1970s to a point.
Also in our build: the tablet mount (unpriced) alongside the standard phone mount. A larger screen for navigation was too hard to pass up. Although it isn't confirmed whether the mount can support it, we'd also look into one of those portable CarPlay / Android Auto displays to run car-specific apps.
We also added the Five Switch upgrade ($40) for a row of physical light switches. This accessory is required for the fog lights, which no wannabe Bronco should go without. We added the home charger ($479), which, according to Slate, lets you fully charge the truck in five to eight hours. The company has said it will also sell adapters for older public chargers, since the truck is designed for Tesla's plug.