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HomeAndrea Malan

Andrea Malan

2026 Slate Trucks
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Automotive News’ Laurence Iliff puts away pom-poms for the Slate Truck

July 28, 2026 Steve 6

Automotive News’ coverage of product launches tends to display lots of pom-pom waving, so it was curious that a recent story about the Slate Truck was fairly negative. I think it is entirely reasonable to […]

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