Bezos family office representative leaves Slate Auto board months before $1.4B EV startup begins production in Indiana

This article was published on May 7, 2026 TL;DRJeff Bezos’s family office representative Melinda Lewison has left Slate Auto’s board months before the 1.4 billion dollar EV startup is scheduled to begin production of its affordable electric truck in Warsaw, Indiana. The departure follows a CEO change in March and raises questions about Bezos’s continued involvement in a company that has used his name as its most valuable fundraising asset. Jeff Bezos’s family office representative Melinda Lewison has left Slate Auto’s board months before the 1.4 billion dollar EV startup is scheduled to begin production of its affordable electric truck in Warsaw, Indiana. The departure follows a CEO change in March and raises questions about Bezos’s continued involvement in a company that has used his name as its most valuable fundraising asset. The person who connected Jeff Bezos to one of the most ambitious electric vehicle startups in America has left its board. Melinda Lewison, who manages the Bezos family office and was listed as a director on Slate Auto’s corporate filings, has departed the company’s board months before its first truck is scheduled to roll off the production line in Warsaw, I