Bezos-backed startup designed an EV that can change like a ‘Transformer’

Bezos-backed startup designed an EV that can change like a ‘Transformer’

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto has planted multiple concept versions of its EV on the streets of California. It’s a marketing tactic that teases the secretive startup’s strategy to sell a “Transformer”-like vehicle, people familiar with the company’s internal discussions told TechCrunch. This unconventional real-world tease comes days before Slate’s April 24 launch event at Long…

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Bezos-backed startup designed an EV that can change like a ‘Transformer’

Bezos-backed EV startup pitched investors on ‘Transformer’-like customization

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto has planted multiple concept versions of its EV on the streets of California. It’s a marketing tactic that teases the secretive startup’s strategy to sell a “Transformer”-like vehicle, people familiar with the company’s internal discussions told TechCrunch. This unconventional real-world tease comes days before Slate’s April 24 launch event at Long…

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Gayle King Responds to “Haters” Questioning Blue Origin Flight: “I Wish People Would Do More Due Diligence”

Gayle King Responds to “Haters” Questioning Blue Origin Flight: “I Wish People Would Do More Due Diligence”

Gayle King is happy to address the “haters” voicing criticism over Blue Origin’s all-female space flight.  During a Tuesday interview with Extra, the CBS Morning co-anchor said it was “good that we can really address” the controversy that has erupted after some questioned the usefulness of the expedition.  “I was one of those people, before…

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Emily Ratajkowski Slams All-Female Blue Origin Space Flight: “Privilege Is Not an Accomplishment”

Emily Ratajkowski Slams All-Female Blue Origin Space Flight: “Privilege Is Not an Accomplishment”

Emily Ratajkowski has joined the conversation surrounding Blue Origin’s all-female space flight and feels it’s “not an accomplishment.” The model-actress took to her TikTok on Monday to share her thoughts, shortly after Katy Perry, Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez were among six women who flew to the edge of space on the Amazon founder’s…

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TechCrunch Mobility: Jeff Bezos backs a secretive EV startup and Lucid snaps up Nikola’s assets 

Inside the EV startup secretly backed by Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is funding a secretive EV startup based in Michigan called Slate Auto that could start production as soon as next year, according to multiple sources and documents that link the billionaire’s family office to the startup. Slate, which took root in another Bezos-connected company called Re:Build Manufacturing, has been operating quietly since its…

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#Liz Cheney Cancels Washington Post Subscription After Outlet Won’t Endorse Presidential Candidate

#Liz Cheney Cancels Washington Post Subscription After Outlet Won’t Endorse Presidential Candidate

Liz Cheney says she has canceled her subscription to the Washington Post after the publication announced that it will no longer endorse presidential candidates. The former Republican Rep. from Wyoming spoke to The New Yorker editor David Remnick at the 25th annual New Yorker Festival on Saturday. She discussed her experiences campaigning for Vice President…

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