American EV startup Slate, backed heavily by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has just launched its first model – a build-it-up, all-electric vehicle that starts life as a pick-up truck but can be added to so that it ends up as anything from a family SUV to having a fastback 4x4 look.

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Jeff Bezos, the billionaire who turned an online bookstore into a global juggernaut, is now setting his sights on a new frontier: electric vehicles. Through his investment in Slate Auto, a Michigan-based startup,