The electric vehicle startup Slate Auto just unveiled the price of its highly customizable pickup truck. The company said its first customers will receive their vehicles in the fourth quarter this year.
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The electric vehicle startup Slate Auto just unveiled the price of its highly customizable pickup truck. The company said its first customers will receive their vehicles in the fourth quarter this year.
Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, said its all-electric subcompact pickup will be priced just under $25,000, a price tag it’s betting can help it take on bigger, more established rivals. The Jeff Bezos-backed startup finally revealed more pricing details for its debut EV, including a $29,950 starting price for the SUV variant, and boosted the base range to 205 miles. The electric vehicle startup Slate Auto just unveiled the price of its highly customizable pickup truck.
The company said its first customers will receive their vehicles in the fourth quarter this year.
Bloomberg reported the story as "Slate Tests Electric Pickup Market With Price Just Under $25,000." TechCrunch reported the story as "Slate Auto's radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950."
3 sources have covered this story, including TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 5 hours ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 24,950, 25,000); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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