Cars are too expensive, but this U.S. EV startup has a solution

Open this photo in gallery: Slate says the pickup will start at US$27,500 and it can be converted to an SUV with an optional package.Courtesy of manufacturer Cars are too damn expensive. You've been saying it. I've been saying it. And now a new American startup called Slate Auto is saying it too. That's the premise behind the company's pitch to sell a bare-bones US$27,500 electric pickup truck and SUV. The automotive industry has "abandoned the majority of Americans," said Slate's chief commercial officer Jeremy Snyder during the brand's coming out party in California in late April. The sentiment applies…