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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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.

EV startup Slate revealed the price of its tiny truck. It's higher than initially signaled — but still very affordable for a new pickup.

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