[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-bezos-backed-slate-auto-prices-its-bare-bones-ev-truck-at-24950":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":25,"tags":26,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},2120,"bezos-backed-slate-auto-prices-its-bare-bones-ev-truck-at-24950","Bezos-Backed Slate Auto Prices Its Bare-Bones EV Truck at $24,950","Slate Auto revealed full pricing for its debut electric truck and SUV variant, with the base truck undercutting most rivals at $24,950.","A Jeff Bezos-backed startup just put a number on the cheapest new electric truck in the US market.\n\nSlate Auto priced its debut electric truck at $24,950, with an SUV variant starting at $29,950. The company also bumped the base range to 205 miles. The truck has been pitched as a deliberately stripped-down vehicle — no frills, low cost — and the pricing reflects that philosophy. These are starting figures, meaning options and add-ons could push the real-world price higher.\n\nThe $24,950 number matters because it lands well below where most electric trucks have been priced. Rivals like the Ford F-150 Lightning start closer to $40,000, and the Rivian R1T has hovered even higher. If Slate can actually deliver at that price point, it closes a gap that has kept working-class buyers out of the EV truck market almost entirely.\n\nThat \"if\" is doing a lot of work here. Slate is still a startup, Bezos backing notwithstanding, and the history of EV startups promising affordable trucks is not an encouraging one.","[\"electric vehicles\",\"startups\",\"hardware\",\"automotive\"]","2026-06-24T12:33:34.000Z","2026-06-24T12:58:45.293Z","2026-06-24T12:58:53.668Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fbezos-backed-slate-auto-prices-its-bare-bones-ev-truck-at-24950.webp","startups",[27,25,28,29],"electric vehicles","hardware","automotive",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"TechCrunch","https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F24\u002Fslate-autos-radically-simple-electric-truck-starts-at-24950\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,52,57,61,66,71,76,81,85,90,95,100],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",2602,"2026-07-18T18:30:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",315,"2026-07-17T19:30:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy","policy",169,"2026-07-17T19:49:53.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":28,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware",126,"2026-07-16T20:09:48.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",94,"2026-07-16T16:29:46.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Software","software",72,"2026-07-17T09:42:05.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",60,"2026-07-16T16:59:13.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":25,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Startups",42,"2026-07-16T16:30:35.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]