A few months ago, a Jeff Bezos-backed newcomer in the car world, Slate Auto, got the world’s attention by debuting a dirt-cheap electric pickup truck. I had my concerns about it, namely, I thought it had too few doors and was too expensive given its lack of features.

Ford will retool its Louisville Assembly plant beginning later this year to produce vehicles from a new Universal EV Platform starting with a midsize truck for $30,000