Slate Auto, backed by Jeff Bezos, emerges from stealth with a customizable $20,000 electric pickup

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• Slate, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has come out of stealth, introducing its first electric vehicle. Pricing will start at $20,000 after tax credits.

Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos–backed electric-vehicle company, has unveiled its first vehicle, which will sell for as low as $20,000 after the U.S. tax credit (its actual price will be $27,500). That would make it, by far, the least expensive EV available to American drivers.