WARSAW — There are more signs that Slate Auto continues to move closer to beginning production of its electric pickup truck plant in Warsaw.

Slate recently announced that it had secured $650 million in additional funding to help launch its refurbished facility in Warsaw at the old R.R. Donnelley & Sons plant on Old Road 30.

A publication known as The EV Report said the funding will pave the way for Slate to begin taking pre-orders for trucks starting in June.

The Michigan-based company has already been taking $50 reservations, with 160,000 people already stepping up.

The Warsaw plant is expected to employ about 2,000 people.

The first electric pickup trucks are expected to begin rolling off the assembly line late this year.

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