And one final note: towing substantially reduces the efficiency of the tow vehicle, due to the weight of the trailer and its ...

Slate designer Tisha Johnson discusses her role at the US electric truck start-up, a company that wants its customers to have ...

Slate Auto hopes its modular, stripped-down vehicle will be the future of affordable EVs, but it has a long road ahead.

The promising all-electric Slate truck is expected to start at around $20,500 after incentives. Unfortunately for the ...

What automaker's mistake should we rectify? What car should be made available as a convertible? My pick for a vehicle ...

Just when we thought we’d exhausted all talk of a billionaire’s electric pickup truck ... party tricks or out-there promises. Rather, Slate Auto plans to offer a cheap, simple EV with manual ...

Elon Musk identified the need for what he dubbed a “gigafactory” to produce huge volumes of battery cells as early as 2013. Tesla brought its cell partner, Panasonic, into the Reno gigafactory while ...

Slate Auto's electric truck could revolutionize EV affordability if it can deliver on a sub-$20K pricetag. Tesla just isn't prepared to compete at that price level, even if it can solve other problems ...

And an entirely new compact electric truck is coming from an entirely new company: Slate Auto. The Detroit-area start-up, staffed by industry veterans, is planning to field a new regular-cab pickup ...

In a market where full-size pickup trucks can creep toward the eye-watering $100,000 point, a cheap, small pickup truck is an attractive prospect. But without the rumored pint-size Toyota pickup or ...