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Bezos-Backed Slate Auto Has a $700M War Chest. Is That Enough?
Last week, in what has so far been a rare disclosure of its finances, EV startup Slate not only revealed the extent of its ...
Georgia’s EV Boom Is ‘At Risk,’ Senators Warn
Quietly though, the IRA was accomplishing what it set out to do. Georgia is among its biggest beneficiaries. Now a report ...
Slate CEO: We've raised nearly $700M from backers like Bezos for US-built EVs
“We've gone through a couple rounds of funding,” Slate CEO Chris Barman said to Yahoo Finance. “So Jeff Bezos was our lead in our first round, the Walter Group in our second round. We also have ...
Slate Confirms $700 Million in Funding, Bezos Investment
Slate Auto, the startup electric vehicle manufacturer, confirmed to Newsweek that the company closed on $700 million in ...
I Think I Just Built a Slate Electric Truck for Under $20,000 -- and Tesla and Rivian Should Be Nervous
Jeff Bezos-backed Slate is a new car company planning to build electric trucks in the Midwest for 2026 delivery. The base ...
Amazon's Jeff Bezos Gets Into The Car Business
Jeff Bezos is branching out into manufacturing electric vehicles with Slate Auto-a Michigan-based startup backed by him. He ...
Slate Vs. Telo: How The EV Truck Startups Stack Up
Telo Trucks revealed the design of its truck, the MT1, in late 2023. The California-based startup is a scrappier operation, ...