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292 Cheap 'Transforming' Electric Truck Announced by Jeff Bezos-Backed Startup

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 04/26/2025 11:34 EDT

Cheap 'Transforming' Electric Truck Announced by Jeff Bezos-Backed Startup

It's a pickup truck "that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV," according to the manufacturer's web site.

Selling in America for just $20,000 (after federal incentives), the new electric truck is "affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog," says TechCrunch. "It has manual windows and it doesn't come with a main infotainment screen. Heck, it isn't even painted..."

Slate Auto is instead playing up the idea of wrapping its vehicles, something executives said they will sell in kit

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