Slate Auto Inc., a startup that plans to make electric pickup trucks based on a cost-optimized design, has closed a $650 million funding round. The company stated in its announcement of the Series C ...

Michael Frank has been writing and editing car and motorcycle coverage for the past two decades. His outlets have included Forbes, Coolhunting, The Wall Street Journal, Car & Driver, Road & Track, The ...

At a time when the global automotive industry is contemplating how to deal with highly advanced and highly affordable Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) slowly spanning more of the globe, Slate Auto has ...

Investors are betting a fresh $650 million that Slate can make its proudly bare-bones EV pickup a hit. The company is targeting a 2026 launch.

Slate Auto captured customer interest with its $20,000 electric truck. The automaker was one of many competitors to raise prices recently. Ford's upcoming $30,000 electric truck should draw some ...

Slate Auto surprised everyone with the idea of a cheap-as-chips pickup truck selling under $20,000 with the EV federal credit applied. Now that Trump's Big Beautiful Bill removed the EV tax credit, ...

Most electric truck startups compete on horsepower, range, or screen size. Slate Auto is competing on something stranger: the idea that a truck should be unfinished when it leaves the factory, and ...