Slate Auto prices its Bezos-backed EV pickup at $24,950 and opens preorders with 180,000 reservations

Slate Auto revealed Wednesday that its electric pickup truck will start at $24,950, making it the cheapest new truck available in the United States. The Bezos-backed startup simultaneously opened preorders, converting more than 180,000 existing reservations into $300 nonrefundable deposits. Deliveries are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year.