Bezos is not the only big backer on Slate. CEO of Guggenheim Partners and controlling owner of the LA Dodgers Mark Walter is also on board, as is Thomas Tull, lead investor of Re:Build Manufacturing.

The new Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto’s bare-bones electric pickup truck is already causing quite the uproar online. The Michigan startup is betting that Americans fed up with sky-high car prices will ...

Amazon’s Zoox won federal clearance on Thursday to start charging passengers for rides in robotaxis that have no steering wheel and no pedals. With this approval from the National Highway Traffic ...

Ferrari's first electric car can trace its origins to a 2016 conversation between Ferrari Chairman John Elkann and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, according to comments Elkann made to Italian news agency ...

In April 2025, a new company called Slate Auto came out of stealth and shocked the car industry. Not only was this startup focused on making an ultra-cheap, customizable electric pickup truck with ...

EV startup Slate revealed the price of its tiny truck. It's higher than initially signaled — but still very affordable for a ...

The head of Jeff Bezos’ family office has left the board of directors of Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by the Amazon founder, according to numerous state filings reviewed by ...

The world doesn't need more reasons to dislike Jeff Bezos or the Ferrari Luce. But Ferrari's chairman just gave us one anyway, explaining that a conversation with the Amazon founder helped push ...

For decades, Detroit has operated on a simple premise: bigger vehicles, more features, higher prices. Trucks and SUVs that once prioritized utility have steadily evolved into rolling luxury suites ...

The new Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto’s bare-bones electric pickup truck is already causing quite the uproar online. The Michigan startup is betting that Americans fed up with sky-high car prices will ...