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Slate Auto appeared out of nowhere in 2025 with a stripped-down electric pickup truck, backing from Jeff Bezos, and a price tag that made the rest of the industry squint. It has since raised $1.4 billion, secured 160,000 reservations, and is on track to deliver its first trucks by end of 2026. Cars & Code is watching closely.

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The Slate Auto electric pickup truck in its bare-bones base configuration at the company's Warsaw, Indiana factory, representing the Bezos-backed startup's bid to bring affordable EVs to America.

A $25,000 Electric Truck. Built in Indiana. Backed by the World’s Second-Richest Man. Slate Auto Just Got Very Real.

While the American automotive industry has spent the first quarter of 2026 cancelling things — EVs, factory shifts, optimism — a startup in Indiana has been quietly building something. Today it announced it now has $650 million to prove it.…

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