Slate Auto Eyes Plant Indiana Printing Plant for the production of EV truck production

Slate Auto, starting the new loud EV That broke the ghost this weekClose to the lock at a previous printing factory Fall In Warsaw, Indiana as a future production site for its cheap electrical truck, shows a review of public records.

The company is expected to rent a 1.4 million square feet, for an unknown amount. Economic development officials said Local media earlier this year (Without naming Slate) The factory can employ up to 2000 people, and that the boycott offered the unannounced incentive package.

It is not immediately clear that this incentive package includes or if completed. Slate did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Under a strict agreement other than disclosure with the project,” said PEGGY FRIIY, CEO of KOSCIUSKO COUNTY Development Development Corporation in an email message.

Salt showed an air photo of the factory during Thursday’s event. The company did not say where it was present, but the picture matches a The general inclusion of the facility Available on Indiana Economic Development. Techcrunch previously reported that the company planned to make EVS, which will cost less than $ 20,000 after federal tax credit, in Indiana.

“Our truck here will be made in the United States of America as part of our commitment to the formulation of America,” said Chris Parman, CEO of Slate on stage while displaying the factory image on a screen behind.

Slate focus on local manufacturing included in the company’s DNA. The startup was originally created within Re: Build Manufacturing, a company based in Massachusetts that focuses on enhancing the country’s ability to make things.

The factory was built in Warsaw in 1958, and it was occupied for decades by the RR Donnellly printing company. He was sleeping about two years ago, according to the local media.

Converting the factory, especially those that have not been pumping cars before, is not a cheap or easy task. Slate collected a dangerous war box to help address this goal. Partially supported by the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos, Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners, Powerhousesse Vc Generalst, Startup has raised more than $ 100 million so far.

The approach menu should help design and build its electrical truck in maintaining low costs as well. The company plans to sell the trucks instead of painting it, which means that it does not need to build a paint store in the factory. This alone can provide a list of hundreds of millions in the factory building process.