LOS ANGELES — Electric vehicle startup Slate Auto hopes to defy tough market conditions and avoid the losses its peers have experienced by profitably selling a highly customizable electric vehicle that starts at just under $25,000.Slate CEO Peter Faricy said every vehicle produced by the Michigan-based EV startup — which is backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Los Angeles Dodgers majority owner Mark Walter will have a positive gross margin. This will enable the company to achieve positive free cash flow and profit before tax and depreciation and amortization by 2027, he said.“It’s an ambitious goal,” Faricy told CNBC…
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