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Slate EV truck starts at $24,950 (www.slate.auto)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Slate EV is mostly owned by Mark Walter. Drive your affordable Canadian EV instead.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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]

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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/

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

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.