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"I have always liked simple, low-cost vehicles, which are all but extinct on new car lots," says photographer and auto ...
So, is Slate's truck dead on arrival? Without Slate being able to hold its core marketing selling point of a sub-$20,000 electric truck, the young EV maker might find it really difficult to gain ...
Slate Automotive says its compact pickup truck has cracked the code to making affordable, U.S.-built EVs. The Detroit-based startup is led by veterans of Chrysler, Tesla and other major automakers, ...
Henry Ford revolutionized the auto industry with his moving assembly line and now, a century later, his company promises a second revolution with the Universal EV project announced this week. With a ...
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 prices starting in the mid-$20s (insert the usual caveats here about trade wars ...
Slate Auto has already received more than 100,000 reservations for the truck, which was originally expected to cost under $20,000 with a $7,500 federal tax credit set to expire on Sept. 30 ...
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 ...
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 ...