Electric vehicle startup Slate Auto may soon add another major name to its growing list of backers. According to documents ...

Slate has been secretive about its investors since it emerged from stealth in 2025 after Bezos and Guggenheim Partners CEO ...

Slate Auto will open orders for its simple electric pickup on June 24, asking reservation holders to move from a refundable ...

While Tesla and Rivian chase premium buyers, this startup is building an electric truck regular people can actually ...

Carvana was granted a warrant to buy shares in Slate last year, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch. Guggenheim ...

Slate Auto announced that people would be able to preorder the Slate electric trucks starting June 24, with deliveries to follow "late this year" ...

Jonathan is the Automotive Editor at Ars Technica. He has a BSc and PhD in Pharmacology. In 2014 he decided to indulge his ...

The company is taking $300 non-refundable deposits to secure a place in line for the first finished vehicles.

Automakers are stuffing vehicles with constant internet connections and tracking devices. A startup based in Warsaw, Indiana, ...

Slate Auto's privacy focused EV pickup skips embedded modems and excessive data collection, offering drivers a simpler, more ...

Slate Auto promised its bare-bones electric pickup would sell for under $20,000 before Trump killed the EV tax credit. Later, it revised the pricing to "mid-twenties", which is still a compelling ...

LAKE ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a nondescript supplier park in suburban Detroit, an electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is building what it hopes will be America's newest ...