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 ...

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.

A few months ago, a Jeff Bezos-backed newcomer in the car world, Slate Auto, got the world’s attention by debuting a ...

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 ...

After more than a decade of pressure to offer electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids at the lowest price points, the U.S.

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.

“It’s very simple on the inside.” The truck, the creation of a Jeff Bezos-backed electric vehicle startup with an office in Troy, is not a typical pickup.

Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, has touted this as a "Model T moment" -- but the first of these new EVs won't come out until 2027.

The truck is priced in the mid-$20,000s and the target customers are those in the used car market and buyers looking to spend less than $50,000, the average price for a new car nowadays.

It's difficult to know for sure the stocks that Jeff Bezos is buying, because the tech industry icon does not publish his returns nor the names of the firms in which he invests.