American EV startup Slate, backed heavily by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has just launched its first model – a build-it-up, all-electric vehicle that starts life as a pick-up truck but can be added to so that it ends up as anything from a family SUV to having a fastback 4x4 look.

Slate, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has come out of stealth, introducing its first electric vehicle. Pricing will start at $20,000 after tax credits. Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos-backed electric-vehicle company,

The Michigan-based startup Slate Auto introduced a new $25,000 electric pickup truck that could shake up the EV industry in a big way.