A new American electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto has made its debut, and it's about as anti-Tesla as it gets. It's affordable, deeply

Slate emerged on Thursday as a very different kind of EV startup: one focused on bringing affordability back to America’s car market. That starts with a back-to-basics, highly customizable two-door pickup truck that Slate claims will cost less than $20,000 after applying the federal EV tax credit .

Slate Auto, a new California-based company backed in part by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, has officially unveiled a small electric pickup that promises to attract a large number of customers in the U.S. with a base price of under $28,