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According to Reuters, U.S. electric vehicle sales growth has cooled as consumer enthusiasm faded and federal support waned.
"I have always liked simple, low-cost vehicles, which are all but extinct on new car lots," says photographer and auto ...
Ford says its EV pickup won’t be a 'stripped-out' Slate alternative—and that's probably a good thing. Yesterday, Ford dropped ...
Slate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other new details.
“It’s very simple on the inside.” The truck, the creation of a Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup with an office in Troy, Michigan, is not a typical pickup. Start the day smarter.
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 new American automaker Slate is building what is expected to be the country’s most affordable electric pickup, with ...
The company had promised a compact electric truck priced under $20,000. Photo: Slate Auto Electric-vehicle startup Slate Auto says it won’t be able to sell a pickup priced under $20,000, after all.
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 ...
Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos–backed EV startup that launched last week, will build its first models in Indiana, according to a report from Business Insider. The 1.4 million square-foot facility ...
A startup back by billionaire Jeff Bezos plans to produce the electric Slate pickup at a plant in Warsaw, Indiana. A prototype of the EV truck was on display at the MOTO gathering space in ...