Slate Auto Opens Reservations for $25,000 Minimalist Electric Pickup

New, American-made electric pickup truck shakes up auto industry with $20K price tag: 'Designed, engineered, and manufactured in the US'

Innovation in the automotive space has led to one of the most interesting cars to hit the market to date: the Slate Truck. As The Verge detailed, this electric truck set to enter production in 2026 is designed for simplicity and costs less than $20,000 after federal incentives.  Impending tariffs, supply chain issues, and rapidly changing technology all make buying a car anything but easy or affordable these days.  The Slate Truck's design leans…

Published report indicates Slate eyeing vacant factory in Warsaw for low-cost EV production

TROY, Mich. (WANE/AP) A low-cost direct to consumer electric vehicle manufacturer is eyeing a property in Warsaw to build its vehicles according to a published report. An April 25 article in TechCrunch says Slate Auto is close to securing a deal to build its inexpensive small trucks at the former R.R. Donnelly facility on West Old Road 30 just west of downtown Warsaw. The facility has been vacant for several years and sits adjacent to railroad t…

Jeff Bezos Launches a Tesla-Rival That's 'Affordable' and Customizable. Here's What the EV Truck Looks Like.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is backing an affordable electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto, which just launched its reservation site.

Slate Is the Spirit Airlines of EVs

Maybe you remember the time before the “basic economy” fare. A ticket on a major airline like Delta or United used to come with a few automatic amenities, like the ability to choose one’s seats — or, before 2008, even to check a bag without a fee. In the 2010s, facing rising costs and competition from the likes of Spirit and Frontier, the big airlines began to embrace the a la carte approach of the budget airlines: Passengers could buy an uber-c…

Slate Auto CEO Outlines Vision for Affordable EV Truck

With the average cost of a new car now edging closer to $50,000, the dream of affordable transportation is slipping away for many Americans. Basic, reliable vehicles—the kind that get you from point A to …

The "Slate Pick-up" relies entirely on latchability and "Basics", so you also dispense with a sound system and electric window lifter