--- title: Slate Auto changes CEO months ahead of affordable EV launch description: Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup, has appointed Peter Faricy — a former Amazon Marketplace VP and recent McKinsey/Bessemer advisor — as its new... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slate-auto-changes-ceo-months-ahead-of-affordable-ev-launch-6adordhse twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Slate Auto changes CEO months ahead of affordable EV launch | daily.dev og:description: Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup, has appointed Peter Faricy — a former Amazon Marketplace VP and recent McKinsey/Bessemer advisor — as its new... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slate-auto-changes-ceo-months-ahead-of-affordable-ev-launch-6adordhse og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6AdORdHsE.png og:image:alt: Slate Auto changes CEO months ahead of affordable EV launch og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slate Auto changes CEO months ahead of affordable EV launch **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Slate Auto, the Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup, has appointed Peter Faricy — a former Amazon Marketplace VP and recent McKinsey/Bessemer advisor — as its new CEO. Founding CEO Christine Barman transitions to President of Vehicles. The leadership change comes as Slate prepares to convert roughly 160,000 refundable preorders into vehicle orders ahead of its affordable electric truck launch, now targeting a mid-$20,000 starting price after the federal EV tax credit was eliminated. The company has raised around $700 million and has deep Amazon ties throughout its leadership team. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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