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Amazon-backed Slate reveals bare-bones EV pickup for US

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May 03, 2025

Michigan-based EV startup will begin production of the ultra-utilitarian, 240-mile Truck next year, writes Felix Page

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Amazon-backed Slate reveals bare-bones EV pickup for US

New American EV manufacturer Slate, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has revealed a back-to-basics compact pickup truck that's set to cost the equivalent of just US$27,000 (1,204,466 baht).

The secretive start-up had not made any public announcements about its debut model, called simply Truck, in the run-up to its unveiling but it is now taking reservations and plans to begin deliveries at the end of next year.

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