US-Built 2-Door $25,000 Electric Pickup Backed By Bezos Slate-d To Launch Soon

It’s a small truck nerd’s dream. A new American startup called Slate is on the verge of revealing a 2-door compact electric pickup that it plans to sell for $25,000, a new report says.

According to TechCrunch, Jeff Bezos is one of the project’s major backers along with Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter.

The report says that the company, which is based in Troy, Mich., has been ramping up since 2022 and is aiming to have the truck in production by late 2026 at a factory in Indiana.

Slate has a LinkedIn page with job listings for all of the various roles you’d expect, including project management, purchasing and marketing. TechCrunch says it already has hundreds of employees, many of them veterans from the automotive world.

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Exactly how it plans to build what would be both the lowest-priced pickup and lowest-priced electric vehicle in the U.S. has yet to be detailed. There are currently no 2-door compact pickups on sale in the U.S.

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The Mexican-built four-door Ford Maverick is currently the most affordable pickup and has a starting price of $25,515, while the hybrid model is $27,265. Ford is currently working on a small electric pickup of its own that is scheduled to launch in 2027, but the price target is closer to $40,000.

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Slate’s business plan, according to TechCrunch, is centered around generating profits by offering a panoply of accessories that owners can customize their vehicles with, as many Jeep Wrangler and Ford Bronco owners do.

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Slate’s official website doesn’t have any information about the vehicle, the specifications of which are still unknown, but simply says “Things Are About To Get Very Interesting.”

They already have.