New American EV Company Is Taking on Elon Musk With a $20,000 Truck

A new electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto unveiled its first vehicle at a splashy event on Thursday, and the company is coming out of the gates with a pickup truck that is everything Tesla’s Cybertruck is not. The Slate Truck, as it is called, promises to be a small electric pickup truck with 150 miles of range on a single charge and a variety of customization options. But the most notable detail is the car’s price, starting at just $20,000 with federal tax incentives. If the Cybertruck is the most eye-catching yet polarizing truck on the market, the Slate Truck is everything but. The small, two-door vehicle features a traditional pickup design with no frills or fancy features like an infotainment system or autonomous driving. In fact, the Slate Truck has does not have an infotainment system at all—drivers connect their phone over Bluetooth for entertainment—and uses crank windows as well as steel wheels and HVAC knobs. Some of those will be nice to drivers who loathe the tran ... Read full article.