Survey Sunday: will the Ford Fathom steal Slate Auto’s thunder?

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/service-modules.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about whether <em>Electrek</em> readers believed the announcement of Ford’s upcoming, <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/08/10/ford-fathom-ev-pickup-prices-us-canada/">all-electric $30,000 Fathom pickup</a> would sink Bezos-backed startup Slate Auto before it even got to set sail. After nearly 2,700 responses, here’s what you told us.</p>