I finally sat in the Bezos-backed Slate truck. It's designed to be unfinished.

I was able to sit in Slate's pickup truck for the first time. I first saw the car on a computer screen last year.

Dolly Faibyshev for BI

• I saw Slate's truck in person, one year after the company showed me a concept on a computer.
• It's a stripped-down, customizable pickup built around simplicity — and an unusual business model.
• I asked why the company changed CEOs months before its launch and if the truck is still $25,000.

In March 2025 — before I started writing for Business Insider ...