KORE Power, Inc., a lithium-ion battery manufacturer based in Idaho, has officially chosen Yates Construction for its new KOREPlex facility to be built in Buckeye. According to the announcement by KORE Power, Mississippi-based Yates Construction is an advanced manufacturing design-build company that has been building battery and special use manufacturing facilities for years. KORE Power … Read more
Sion Power, a manufacturer of high-energy, lithium-metal rechargeable batteries, is introducing its Licerion rechargeable electric vehicle battery capable of storing 400 wh/kg, a number that Tesla and other battery companies haven’t yet reached. The Tucson-based company will unveil its 17 Ah Licerion EV cell at The Battery Show North America in Novi, Michigan in September. … Read more
KOAM, a total logistics solution company for automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), opened its Phoenix facility this week, the company’s first on the West Coast. The company’s relationship with Lucid Motors and the expansion of other EV companies to the Phoenix area, like Nikola, ElectraMeccanica and Atlis, made Phoenix the ideal location for KOAM. “KOAM … Read more
In May, KORE Power had three possible suitors for a manufacturing facility for its lithium-ion battery cells: Arizona, Florida and Texas. Today, the company made its final decision. “At the end of the day, we selected Arizona,” KORE Power CEO Lindsay Gorrill said. The facility will be built in Buckeye, near MC 85 and Interstate … Read more
Exro Technologies, a power technology firm based out of Calgary, Alberta, has announced it will establish its U.S. headquarters in Mesa — evidence of the company’s momentum and growth. Canadian-based Exro is a leading clean technology company that has developed a new class of power electronics for electric motors and batteries. Its Coil Driver technology … Read more
It didn’t go according to the original plan, but Lucid Motors Inc. began trading as a public company on Monday, after shareholders approved a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last week. Lucid and Churchill Capital Corp. IV, the SPAC, are officially merged and are now known as Lucid Group Inc. (NYSE: LCID). The … Read more
Lucid Motors, the Newark, California-based company that operates a factory in Casa Grande, is on schedule to begin production and deliveries of its debut EVs, like Lucid Air, this year. Bloomberg reported that Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson told investors on a call Tuesday that “testing and validation of Lucid Air is progressing well” and the … Read more
We know techies love electric cars, but have you ever considered electric longboards? What if you found out you could hit 30 miles per hour? Westin Smith, the founder of Lux Longboards, is making all your kid dreams a reality. Many entrepreneurs’ ideas stem from a problem to solve. In Smith’s case, he was an … Read more
Arizona is quickly becoming a hub for electric vehicle manufacturing and the rest of the country is taking note. There’s so much going on with major EV companies here, including Lucid Motor Company, Nikola and Atlis Motor Vehicles, that it’s hard to keep up. Thankfully, we’ve done the work so you can get up to … Read more
Arizona saw some big tech developments in May, from expansion, acquisitions and life-saving partnerships to raising millions for local and regional startups. Another possible TSMC expansion in Arizona Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest chipmaker, may expand even more in Arizona. Reuters reported in early May that sources familiar with TSMC’s expansion plans said … Read more