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As Canadian…
American company?, nope
Owned by Bezos?, hell nah
Slate EV is mostly owned by Mark Walter. Drive your affordable Canadian EV instead.
Slate raised at least $111 million in Series A financing, including an undisclosed amount from Bezos. Slate then raised $600 million in 2024 from Mark Walter, the controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and CEO of Guggenheim Partners, Jeff Bezos, and General Catalyst, a venture capital firm.[5] In mid-2026, the company said it had completed a $650m series C investment round, which took its total capital raised to $1.4bn.[6]
And if that is still not enough for you, here is an article that explains in details how this is all an Amazon initiative
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/08/inside-the-ev-startup-secretly-backed-by-jeff-bezos/
Except it’s not “secretly” backed by Bezos. It’s been known for a few years. The amount is undisclosed and Mark Walter is still the controlling power.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
I think to call this “good” we need to see more… so far it’s a neat idea at best
If you think Bezos not disclosing the amounts invested, nor the many puppets he pushed to be in charge in this company does not add up to “secretly”, we simply have a difference of tolerance when it comes to that.
$25k+ with destination fees. And that’s the barebones truck. I’m sure most buyers will be getting add-ons and will walk out spending much more.
That’s how cars work. First time?
When was the last time you bought a new car that didn’t come standard with speakers? I’m also cautiously interested in this thing, but a lot of basic functionality doesn’t come standard and hasn’t had a price announced, and with vehicles like the maverick ev around the corner Slate could end up not being the cheap option after all for all but the most spartan builds
Nope. Regular cars (EVs included) cost MSRP + destination fees. They don’t come out barebones without basic conveniences that you have to pay for to add on. This is not how it commonly works.
You say that like it’s a bad thing. Even with add ones in significantly cheaper.
I didn’t say it was a bad thing, you just assumed that. I was just pointing out the stuff that isn’t included in the headline.
Interesting.
