PCWorld isn’t a site about cars or trucks, so I thank my editor and you for indulging me in this story. To be clear, I’m a Texan who’s been raging at gigantic 20-foot-long F-150 pavement princesses for a more than a decade now—and yet,

Earlier this week, the Jeff Bezos-backed company unveiled the Slate Truck —a bare-bones EV pickup with a purported base price of around $20,000 to $25,000. Major hurdles remain before these EVs are cruising (at moderate speeds) down roads,

Backed by Jeff Bezos and designed for flexibility over flash, the Slate Truck is an EV that trades luxury for affordability.