The new Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto’s bare-bones electric pickup truck is already causing quite the uproar online. The Michigan startup is betting that Americans fed up with sky-high car prices will ...

Backed by Jeff Bezos, Slate's EV pickup sells for about half the cost of a typical new vehicle. But car experts say its unconventional design may be a hurdle.

In April 2025, a new company called Slate Auto came out of stealth and shocked the car industry. Not only was this startup focused on making an ultra-cheap, customizable electric pickup truck with ...

Designed and engineered in Michigan and California, and built in Indiana, the Slate truck itself feels almost radical in its ...

The Slate has hand-crank windows, no radio and no paint job. It also costs half the price of the average new car in America.

A Jeff Bezos-owned electric vehicle start-up is betting that customers want affordability rather than technology that pushes ...

Slate unveiled the starting price for its tiny, electric pickup truck this week. It's betting that today's overly techy cars created a white space.

Even after he made his billions, Bezos kept driving economy cars like his 1997 Honda Accord for many years.

Backed by Jeff Bezos, Slate Auto is rethinking how cars are designed and built from the factory floor up to dramatically cut costs and revive domestic production.