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Ford is looking to save cost with both vehicle and manufacturing efficiencies.

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Slate Auto is developing an extremely affordable and customizable electric pickup truck. How the Jeff Bezos-backed company could rival Tesla.

The Slate's electric power train isn't exactly Hummer EV levels of powerful or capable, but it's plenty for the most part. It has a single 201 horsepower motor, allowing for only rear wheel drive.

The Slate Truck is all electric, carrying a 52.7-kWh battery that powers a single rear motor producing 201 hp and 195 lb-ft of torque. Acceleration from a stop to 60 mph should take about 8.0 seconds.

The Slate may not have all the knickknacks of a modern pickup, but that's not really what it's trying to be. It wants to be that '80s compact truck from Marketplace, sans all the rust and years of ...