Slate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other new details.

Imagine a two‑seat electric pickup backed by Jeff Bezos that cuts costs by excluding a stereo and power windows unless buyers ...

"I have always liked simple, low-cost vehicles, which are all but extinct on new car lots," says photographer and auto ...

By Kalea Hall and Nora Eckert (Reuters) -When Will Haseltine saw images online of a small, boxy electric pickup from startup Slate Auto this past spring, he got on the waitlist right away. The sparse ...

Because option three is just buying a Maverick. For roughly the same money — USD$28,145 — you can get a Maverick XL from Ford ...

The Slate EV pickup will be built in Indiana. The truck doesn't include things like built-in infotainment, but its lower price tag is drawing notice. The first question Lauren Gregory’s 7-year ...

Slate Auto is backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos as it pushes into the EV sector. The end of the $7,500 federal tax credit could make things tough for new EV models to sell to consumers. This simple ...

The new American automaker Slate is building what is expected to be the country’s most affordable electric pickup, with ...

Slate promised an electric truck for less than $20,000 but raised the price point after the EV credit repeal. Rivian and ...

Slate Auto, an electric pick-up brand backed by Jeff Bezos, will build its no-frills vehicle, where a radio and power windows cost extra, at an old Indiana printing plant. At such a critical moment in ...

That must be what Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, seemS to be creating with Slate Auto's new EV pickups. The target sales price for the stripped-down EV is in the $20,000 range, around the price of ...