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

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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...