Slate Auto’s radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950

The Jeff Bezos-backed startup finally revealed more pricing details for its debut EV, including a $29,950 starting price for the SUV variant, and boosted the base range to 205 miles.

The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950
The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950

We now know the price of Slate Auto’s affordable American-made electric truck, almost a year after the company warned it wouldn’t hit its initial “under $20,000” target price. The no-frills pickup starts at $24,950 – matching the revised mid-$20,000 price range it promised last year, after the Trump administration announced it was putting an end […]

I drove the Slate Truck — there’s more to it than EV minimalism
I drove the Slate Truck — there’s more to it than EV minimalism

With its new pickup, Slate Auto is making a simple bet: price matters more than almost anything else. The company announced today that the American-made electric truck will start at $24,950, placing it squarely in the mid-$20,000 price range it had originally promised and making it the least expensive pickup truck and EV available today. […]

CATL Is Betting On Battery Swapping Overseas And Sodium-Ion Batteries

Octopus and CATL have launched Swaptopus, a joint venture to establish Europe’s first large-scale battery swapping network for etrucks.

Auto Industry Wrestles With Monetizing AI Investments

The auto industry has joined others in heavily investing in AI, but those investments don’t always pay off. Experts and executives discuss the issue and how to solve it.

Tesla claims driver ‘manually overrode self-driving’ in deadly Texas crash
Tesla claims driver ‘manually overrode self-driving’ in deadly Texas crash

Tesla is pushing back on claims that its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system caused a fatal Texas crash, where a speeding Model 3 barreled into a home, killing a 76-year-old woman inside. In a reply on X, Tesla AI head Ashok Elluswamy says the driver “manually overrode self-driving by pressing the accelerator all the way to […]

Formula E’s new season is starting to look more like F1
Formula E’s new season is starting to look more like F1

The next season of Formula E will feature a new race format and three new race locations when it starts in December to go with the new Gen4 electric cars. The schedule released today by the FIA includes the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, and the Zandvoort circuit […]

UVeye-CARFAX Deal Gives Dealers Deeper Vehicle History

Dealers will be have access to more information about a used vehicle’s history and condition through partnership between UVeye and CARFAX.

EIAGLE Soars With Major New Funding

Tech company EIAGLE has attracted millions in new funding for its tech that speeds commercial trucks in and out of yards and monitors cargo.

Amflow’s TL e-bike is ready for baby’s first mountain adventure
Amflow’s TL e-bike is ready for baby’s first mountain adventure

Amflow, the e-bike brand spun out of DJI, just announced its TL Carbon, a do-it-all “eSUV” suitable for both bikepacking adventures and dropping the kid at daycare on your cycle to work. The TL Carbon is built around Amflow’s incredibly compact yet powerful Avinox M2 mid-drive motor. The all-terrain e-bike offers 125Nm of hill-flattening torque […]