Slate Auto
Slate Auto is a Next-Gen EV & Vehicles company founded in 2022 and based in Troy, United States. It has raised $1.4B in total funding, most recently a Series C in 2026.
Slate Auto, headquartered in Troy, Michigan, began in 2022 as a project incubated within Re:Build Manufacturing and emerged from stealth in April 2026 (after roughly three years operating quietly). It is developing an intentionally stripped-down, modular two-seat electric pickup expected to start in the mid-$20,000s, with owner-installable accessory kits that can convert it into a five-seat SUV. The company plans to build the truck in Warsaw, Indiana, with deliveries targeted for late 2026. Slate has raised about $1.4 billion since founding, including backing from Jeff Bezos, Mark Walter, and Thomas Tull, and closed a $650 million Series C led by TWG Global in April 2026. It remains pre-production.
A high-profile, Bezos-backed attempt to crack the affordable-EV problem with radical simplicity and modularity, in a US market dominated by expensive trucks.
slate.auto ↗·Next-Gen EV & Vehicles·
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