There is a new entry in the tightening electric vehicle market, as the budget-friendly, Jeff Bezos-backed Slate EV will soon be available for purchase. But is Bezos' Slate any good? Here's what ...

That’s the motto for Slate, a new American electric vehicle company, which just revealed its launch model and is backed by ex-Amazon (AMZN) executives, including, reportedly, Jeff Bezos’s ...

The 2027 Slate Truck small pickup is an all-new EV from an all-new automaker hoping to strike a nerve with buyers looking for no-frills electric transportation with a built-in quirky factor at a ...

Say hello to another upstart EV company: Slate. It’s a U.S.-based, Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle maker with the goal of bringing a cheap U.S.-built truck (or, in some cases, an SUV ...

The new Slate from Slate Auto. So far, 2025 has been a year of surprises. Bethesda Game Studios released an unexpected remake of Oblivion without pomp or announcement, causing a certain Elder ...

If Amazon Basics made a pickup, the Slate would be it. Startup American truck maker Slate Auto revealed its first model at an event in Long Beach, Calif., on Thursday night. The small electric pickup ...

Eileen Falkenberg-Hull leads the Autos team at Newsweek. She has written extensively about the auto industry for U.S. News & World Report, CarGurus, Trucks.com, AutomotiveMap, and American City ...

A new American electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto has made its debut, and it’s about as anti-Tesla as it gets. It’s affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog. It has manual ...

Slate Auto, a Michigan-based startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has unveiled its first product—an ultra-affordable, minimalist electric pickup. Dubbed the Slate Truck, this two-seater EV is designed ...

Slate Auto, the buzzy new EV startup that broke stealth this week, is close to locking in a former printing plant located in Warsaw, Indiana as the future production site for its cheap electric ...

Slate Auto pitches the concept of an electric truck that you can buy as a clean slate and personalize to your tastes, much like IKEA furniture. In the basic version, you can buy a "Blank Slate ...

The Slate Truck is a simple, electric vehicle made in the United States, with an expected price of just under $20,000, according to its website. Slate Auto is a firm backed in part by Amazon ...