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Opinion: I Love and Loathe Bezos's Cheap Pickup Truck

I want to be clear that I am excited for the new, $20,000-after-incentive electric pickup from Slate Auto.

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It’s Jeff Bezos vs Elon Musk as Amazon boss gets into the electric car business

New Slate EV is a pick-up that can morph into an SUV – at a fraction of the cost of a Tesla Cybertruck

The Independent UK

The Slate Truck Configurator Is Live, Build Yours Here

Slate Auto launched the Truck yesterday, a bare-bones electric pickup trying to rethink affordability. It lacks an infotainment system and speakers, but it is available with crank windows. The Truck is actually available in three body styles, with customers also able to select a boxy or fastback-style SUV caps that…

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Slate Auto, backed by Jeff Bezos, emerges from stealth with a customizable $20,000 electric pickup

It will be one of the cheapest EVs available, but it has limitations.

Fortune

Slate Unveiled A Cheap EV. Tesla's Is Still A Mystery.

I check out a lot of new electric cars here at InsideEVs. And sometimes I think to myself, "Yeah, I could really get used to this!"

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Jeff Bezos 'Tesla Killer' Is New Elon Musk Nightmare: Slate EV Promises To Change Everything

Jeff Bezos is backing Slate Auto, a $26,000 electric truck set to rival Tesla by 2026. With a modular design and unbeatable price, is this the Tesla killer we've been waiting for?

International Business Times UK

The Slate Truck Is Way Smaller Than You Think

The new, sub-$20,000 Slate Truck is unlike anything on sale in America today. It’s also tiny. Like, really, really tiny. Like, shorter-than-a-Honda-Civic tiny. Initially, I was thinking the Slate would be about the size of a Ford Maverick, but we have to go way back in automotive history to find…

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Crank Windows Are Back

Crank windows are returning to the American car market. The last passenger vehicle to be offered with a manually cranking window died last year. But you'll now soon be able to purchase a car with unpowered windows again thanks to startup Slate and its astoundingly cheap electric Truck.

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Slate Truck: A Sub-$20,000 Pickup With 150 Miles of Range

It’s here. At a Thursday event in Los Angeles, startup Slate Auto revealed what it’s calling simply, the Truck. It’s a tiny electric pickup funded at least in part by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and astonishingly, a targeted base price of $20,000 after federal tax incentives for EVs.

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Slate Truck: A Low-Cost, Transforming EV Pickup

Word of a brand-new electric-vehicle startup might call to mind the strange days of the COVID era, when headlines were jam-packed with all sorts of Tesla wannabes. Some went public without an actual product or a dime in revenue. Not surprisingly, most never quite took off. Some straight-up crashed and…

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Here's How Slate’s Truck Transforms Into An SUV

Shortly after I showed up at a Los Angeles studio space to take a sneak peek of Slate’s debut vehicle last week, the startup’s reps pulled a black sheet off of a charming, two-seat pickup truck. I thought it was refreshingly small and liked its clean, boxy look. And the…

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The Cheap Slate Truck EV Has No Screen, Uses Your Phone For Updates

As most car companies follow the Tesla playbook by doubling down on giant touchscreens and flashy software, Slate is going in the complete opposite direction. The startup debuted its first vehicle on Thursday, and it has virtually no tech whatsoever.

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Jeff Bezos' Slate Truck EV Debuts Today: See The Livestream

Update: The livestream is over and the Slate EV Truck is revealed! Learn all about it in our series of posts.

InsideEVs

Watch Jeff Bezos' Cheap Electric Truck Reveal Here: Livestream

Update: The Slate Truck is here. Check out all the details and specs in our full reveal article.

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Slate's EV Was Caught Hiding In Plain Sight

It's not every day that a brand-spanking-new car company emerges from the woodwork. It's practically unheard of for said car startup to park its debut vehicle on a public street and let anybody stumble upon it before it's officially revealed.

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Here's Your First Look at Jeff Bezos' Cheap Electric Trucks

Slate Auto is the new Jeff Bezos-backed venture that promises an electric pickup for the low, low starting price of around $25,000. While we haven't seen the truck in full or know any of the official details, the automaker is apparently just leaving prototypes parked on street corners for all…

Reason

The Administration Is Playing Dumb

Plus: Cuomo gains traction, inside Elon Musk's paternity deals, Rumsfeld sass, and more...

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Slate's $25,000 Electric Truck Will Be A 'Disruptor'

These days, it doesn't feel like $25,000 gets you much of anything when you're shopping for a new car. Blame inflation, America's love of giant trucks and SUVs or automakers that need to keep delivering those record profits. (And that's all before you throw tariffs into the mix.)

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A New $25,000 American EV Truck Company Is Backed By Jeff Bezos: Report

New cars are ridiculously expensive. New electric cars, even more so. Could a new American EV startup change that equation?

Reason

Guest Post from Professor Tillman: Professor Shugerman (et al) vs. Professor Prakash (et al)

I am happy to publish this guest post from my frequent co-author Seth Barrett Tillman, which is cross-posted at Seth's… The post Guest Post from Professor Tillman: Professor Shugerman (et al) vs. Professor Prakash (et al) appeared first on Reason.com.

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“Should We Remain Strict?”: New Mom Wants To Set Boundaries With Smoking MIL

The woman is very concerned about her mother-in-law holding her baby. The post “Should We Remain Strict?”: New Mom Wants To Set Boundaries With Smoking MIL first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Show Us Your Votes, Cowards!

News organizations lack the courage and "moral clarity" to be transparent about their political leanings.

Marie Claire

'Woman of the Hour' Real-Life Story: Who Is the True Crime Movie Based On?

You'll be surprised by what's fact and what's fiction in the new Netflix movie directed by Anna Kendrick.

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Domestic Violence Expert Reacts To Support For Brad Pitt In Case Against Angelina Jolie

An op-ed titled "Why We Can't Quit Brad Pitt" aims to present the actor in a different light than his typical "Hollywood heartthrob" persona. The post Domestic Violence Expert Reacts To Support For Brad Pitt In Case Against Angelina Jolie first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Mike Pesca: How NPR Lost Its Way

Former NPR and Slate fixture Mike Pesca discusses media meltdowns, objectivity vs. moral clarity, and whether we are better or worse off now that media gatekeepers have less influence.

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