Slate: Introducing the Bezos-backed EV pickup for the masses

Yahoo Finance ^ | April 25th, 2025 | Pras Subramanian Senior Reporter

[Mariner]

“We built it, you make it.”

That’s the motto for Slate, a new American electric vehicle company, which just revealed its launch model and is backed by ex-Amazon (AMZN) executives, including, reportedly, Jeff Bezos’s family office

Slate said its EV pickup, a bare-bones truck with a footprint smaller than a Ford (F) Maverick, will cost somewhere in the mid-$20K range, and it will come in any color you want — as long as it’s slate gray, that is. The option-challenged vehicle offers a choice of two battery sizes for the rear-wheel-drive truck: a 52.7-kWh battery pack targeting 150 miles of range and an 84.3-kWh pack with 240 miles of range.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ev; firetraps

[Mariner]

They ALMOST got it right.

Dump the EV and add a 1.6L four banger and they'd sell 5 million of them.

[Nervous Tick]

Thanks Mr. Bezos, but I think I’ll keep my 2000 7.3L F350DRW, and my $20k.

Maybe you can interest your spacey girlfriend and her spacey girlfriends in buying your cute li’l truck.

[joshua c]

exactly

call me when they offer an ice version

[al_c]

It’s about time someone did something like this. Whether electric or gas, a modular and modern version of “the people’s car” is a good idea. Make America Affordable Again.

[BitWielder1]

Have gas powered and hybrid options too and see what people really want.

[antidemoncrat]

“Slate: Introducing the Bezos-backed EV pickup for the masses”

Slate: Introducing the Bezos-backed EV pickup for the Sheeple

There, fixed it

[Mariner]

They ALMOST got it right.

[BBQToadRibs2]

[SaxxonWoods]

Maybe ‘Bozos’ is behind the Tesla-hate?

Heh, who knows?

[Tell It Right]

This might be a practical use case for the people who would buy a small pickup, like I had for years with a 4-cyl stick-shift Ranger. In those years I drove tons of miles (gas savings was important), but rarely carried large cargo a long way (i.e. an EV truck loses lots of range carrying a lot of weight). Usually, my "cargo" was just lightweight dirty items like a weed trimmer and push mower -- the kind it'd be not worth getting a large truck and having bad gas mileage with.

But still don't get it as an only vehicle.

[TexasGator]

“I’ll keep my ... “

$4,000 per year fuel bill.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "EV pickup for the masses"

Nope. And also, nope.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”” Introducing the Bezos-backed EV pickup for the masses”””

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Is it named the VOLKS-EV???

[SaxxonWoods]

Yeah, that’s a ‘pickup’ like ‘Bozos’ space capsule was a ‘space adventure’.

[TexasGator]

“Have gas powered and hybrid options too and see what people really want.”

Their business model is ZERO options.

[Mariner]

For many years I drove a Chevy Luv (Izusu) with a 1.8L and 4 speed. It was slow and only carried about 400lbs well. I put 10s of thousands of miles on it without a single problem.

Radio and heater was all it had.

Loved that truck.

[Salman]

I'd consider it if he has the randomly bursting into flames thing whipped.

But he didn't mention it, so I'm guessing not.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Dump the EV and add a 1.6L four banger and they'd sell 5 million of them. A V8 and sell 20 million.

[Rappini]

Looks like the old style Bronco.

[Tell It Right]

What I liked about my cheap 4-cyl Ranger is it was cheap enough for me to practically abuse without worrying about scratching it up. Mine too was bare-bones.

But I did install an aftermarket CD player and speakers to jam to miles and miles of Christian rock like Petra and Mylon and such. LOL