[{"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},[37,42,47,52,57,62,66,71,76,81,86,90,95,100],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",538,"2026-06-24T15:15:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Deals","deals",161,"2026-06-24T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Security","security",148,"2026-06-24T17:25:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy","policy",103,"2026-06-24T13:35:19.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",87,"2026-06-24T14:22:56.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":28,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Hardware",78,"2026-06-24T16:15:10.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Software","software",64,"2026-06-24T16:15:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",53,"2026-06-23T18:13:40.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Science","science",39,"2026-06-23T05:25:16.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Gaming","gaming",36,"2026-06-24T15:05:01.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":25,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Startups",31,"2026-06-24T16:48:43.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"General","general",27,"2026-06-24T08:50:14.000Z",{"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"]