By Dan Spalding
News Now Warsaw
WARSAW — Slate Auto, the electric truck startup, has now attracted more than 150,000 refundable reservations for its low-cost, innovative electric pickup truck that is scheduled to begin rolling off the assembly line in Warsaw in late 2026.
The company announced the milestone on Wednesday during a Q&A video with CEO Chris Barman, according to several news organizations, including Techcrunch.org.
The update was made available to those already holding a reservation, the website reported.
The achievement matches the level of full-year production previously announced by the company.
The Michigan-based firm, which has the financial backing of billionaire Jeff Bezos, is currently retrofitting the old RR Donnelly and Sons property west of Warsaw, which closed several years ago after serving as a national catalog production hub for decades.
The company plans to hire upward of 1,900 people for the Warsaw plant.
