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Merging retro flair and a high-tech electric platform, the Slate Truck offers a customizable, budget-friendly alternative to traditional EVs. There's a new name in the American electric car market, ...

Jeff Bezos is backing a bold new venture that's positioning itself to disrupt the electric vehicle space: Slate Auto. It's a startup that has unveiled a simple, modular electric pickup truck called ...

In one of the strangest launches we’ve seen in a while, Slate Auto, the reportedly Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup, unveiled its first EV, the Slate Truck. Notably, the vehicle is capable ...

After a brief but very buzzy teaser campaign, Jeff Bezos–backed startup Slate Auto just revealed its electric pickup at an event in Long Beach, California. The extremely simple, refreshingly small ...

Slate is developing a bare-bones, customizable electric truck with a starting price under $20,000 after federal incentives. The truck comes with minimal features, including crank windows and a small ...

It’s news to no one that new cars are expensive. Years of rival automakers locked in tit-for-tat battles for higher power, longer range, bigger screens, and just more has led to a steady rise in ...

When General Motors released the EV-1 –- the first electric vehicle from a major manufacturer -– almost three decades ago, it was anything but practical and useful. A tiny two-seater, this EV had a ...

The vehicle will be produced in a repurposed plant in the Midwest. Slate went for simplicity over amenities on this one. However, the affordable EV will be very customizable. Slate says it will offer ...

Slate Auto, a start-up backed by Jeff Bezos, plans to sell a small, spartan electric truck that comes with no paint, stereo or touch-screens. By Lawrence Ulrich When Slate Auto, a start-up, unveiled a ...

As electric pickups continue to proliferate in the upper price ranges, two emerging entries are quietly preparing to upend the market-not with outrageous specs or six-figure MSRPs, but with smart ...

Americans were never very EV-friendly, despite Tesla being an American company. However, many expected this might change once electric pickup trucks entered the market. Four years after the Rivian R1T ...