Slate's strategy appears to give buyers stripped-down options to start cheap and add only desired features.

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

This stripped-down electric truck skips the data harvesting and constant connectivity of most modern vehicles ...

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

Slate Auto has officially announced it will open its order books on June 24 for its highly anticipated electric pickup truck. However, the ambitious EV startup is asking buyers to commit real money ...

Slate Truck is an all-electric pickup with an expected base price of around $27,000. Single motor and rear-wheel drive is the only available configuration. A tremendous array of personalization ...

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 ...

There are no other baby electric pickups on the market right now, so the Slate's closest analogue is the Ford Maverick. Based on what Slate has shared about its debut product, we've compared the specs ...

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

(TestMiles) – A once $20,000 electric pickup now looks closer to the mid $20K range as incentives fade and the EV market recalibrates around real-world economics. I’ll be honest with you, the most ...

Slate Auto’s ambitious plan to launch a bare-bones $25,000 electric pickup just got a major boost from the State of Michigan.