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 ...

Slate Auto is among the electric vehicle companies that have tried to take on Tesla Inc TSLA over the years. With the backing of billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk rival, Jeff Bezos and a focus on ...

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 ...

Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has built its business around the idea of simplicity and customization.

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

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.

Slate Auto is pressing on with its plan to launch an affordable EV, and it is doing so at an awkward moment, with US appetite for electric cars on the wane. Order books open later this month, though ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos-backed electric truck company, is investing nearly $8 million in Louisville for a national vinyl-wrap ...

A new auto manufacturer is setting up shop in Louisville, Kentucky. Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup, plans to put its roughly $7.8 million vinyl wrap kit manufacturing ...

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

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 ...