🎙️ “LIVE Interview with Slate’s CEO 🛻 Chris Barman’s EV Disruptor”

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We brought a surprise guest to our LIVE TBOY show in Chicago: Chris Barman, CEO of the wildest (and newest) electric car brand.

Jeff Bezos invested, and Chris is leading it. Slate’s not just building the lowest-priced electric truck on the market ($25K), it’s also the craziest: No radio, no touchscreen, no tech whatsoever. We (jokingly) call it the “Amish-Inspired Electric Car.” And she built hype for the launch by creating a bunch of fake companies (true story).

So in today’s interview from our live Chicago show, Chris explains how it’s possible to build and sell a car for $25. She’ll tell us the craziest idea they *didn’t* launch, why they crash half their vehicles on purpose, and what she thinks of President Trump’s EV moves.

Want to SEE the live show in action? Watch it on YouTube or check out the highlights on Instagram @tboypod.

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0:00.0	Yetis, Nick and Jack coming at you from the T-Boy Studio right now.
0:03.5	We're about to play the interview part of our live show in Chicago,
0:06.9	which is our interview with Chris Barman, CEO of Slate Auto.
0:10.9	We think you're going to like it.
0:11.9	We think you're going to love it.
0:12.9	Jack, let's hit it.
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1:33.9	Slate Auto is building a pickup truck.
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