Earlier this week, the Jeff Bezos-backed company unveiled the Slate Truck —a bare-bones EV pickup with a purported base price of around $20,000 to $25,000. Major hurdles remain before these EVs are cruising (at moderate speeds) down roads,

A new, tiny, electric pickup truck is making a splash in America. As a desktop PC builder, it's making my eyes pop out from the possibilities.

Slate's affordable electric pickup could be a huge deal or a huge disaster. After all, there are good reasons other EV-makers take a different launch approach.