Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup, confirmed to Business Insider on Tuesday that its $25,000 electric pickup will be assembled at a former printing plant in Warsaw, Indiana. "We would like to see what we can do to go into an existing facility that has been shuttered and reindustrialize and revitalize that community,

Unlike Tesla and Lucid, which launched with high-priced luxury models, Slate wants to flip the model: start cheap, scale up. At its core, the Slate Truck is a utilitarian, two-seat electric pickup designed for simplicity and affordability.