Slate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other new details.

Slate, the plucky American startup promising a pint-sized electric pickup for the people, has decided it’s far too clever to muck about with service centers. Why build shiny temples of EV repair when ...

There are no other baby electric pickups on the market right now, so the Slate's closest analogue is the Ford Maverick. Based on what Slate has shared about its debut product, we've compared the specs ...

A Michigan based company that plans to build a low-cost EV pickup truck at a plant in Warsaw, Indiana is on track to begin ...

Slate Automotive, a Jeff Bezos-backed startup, aims to sell a customizable, American-made EV pickup for under $30,000 as federal tax credits disappear. With the truck’s barebones design, Slate plans ...

Pickup trucks are the backbone of America, and the sales figures prove that year after year. That’s why a lot of automakers naturally thought of electrifying their pickups to ride the demand wave. The ...

EV startup Slate Auto is developing the most affordable electric truck to date. The Slate truck will be one of the smallest trucks on the market, comparable to the Ford Maverick. The electric truck's ...

Although the Slate EV has yet to go on sale, the budget-friendly battery-powered truck has already proven to have an enormous impact. After all, even in the absence of standard paint, speakers and ...

EV startup Slate Auto just closed its Series C funding round. It has over 160,000 reservations for its affordable electric truck. The latest cash infusion should help scale up manufacturing. Slate ...

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Slate’s bold EV gamble: no service centers. Your tiny electric truck gets fixed at local shops. Genius cost-saving hack or future warranty nightmare? Slate partners with RepairPal's 4,000+ independent ...