COOLIDGE, Arizona. – Nikola Corp., a Phoenix-based electric vehicle production and design company, opened a new production facility in Coolidge, Arizona, yesterday on July 23.
The 1 million foot 4.0 design facility will be built on a roughly 430-acre plot of Highway 89 in the United States on East Houser Road and Vail Road. The plant is expected to generate more than 1,800 new full-time positions and generate capital expenditures of approximately $600 million.
The rite brought combined speakers from Nikola’s control team, adding Trevor Milton, founder and ceo of Nikola; Mark Russell, CEO; and Mark Duchesne, global production manager. Coolidge Mayor Jon Thompson and Business Leaders Chris Camacho, CEO of the Grand Economic Council of Phoenix, also joined the celebration; Jackob Andersen, CEO of Saint Holding; and, video, Sandra Watson, President and CEO of the Arizona Trade Authority.
“It was an adventure for Nikola Corporation. We started in our basement six years ago and are now launching this million-square-foot production facility,” Milton said.
“Coolidge’s other people will be a great component of Nikola’s story, and without the help of Governor (Doug) Ducey and Arizona’s economic progression teams, this assignment would not have been imaginable in Arizona,” Milton continued. “The next 12 months will be even more exciting as we see this facility grow and we move more Arizonans to Nikola’s team.”
The new production facility will incorporate the newest technologies to build 24/7 connectivity, construction and the appliance to optimize energy, productivity and overall quality.
“The explanation for why our company exists is to help a sustainable future, so everything we do in our production process and our backyard will be done to ensure the smallest environmental footprint imaginable while producing high-tech products of the highest quality that will have an effect on the sustainability of the planet,” Duchesne said.
The first phase of the structure is expected to be completed until the end of 2021, and the phase is expected to be completed within the next 12 to 18 months. The U.S.-based plant represents a capital investment of approximately $600 million and will first produce the Class 8 advertising trucks Nikola Tre and Nikola Two. In full production, the plant will succeed in approximately 35,000 games consistent with the year, in two teams. The first Nikola Tre trucks will be produced in Ulm, Germany, with their spouse IVECO, followed in a later time through trucks produced at the Coolidge plant.
“Arizona is the state in the country to make corporations stand out,” Ducey said. “Nikola’s new plant in Coolidge will produce its Zero Emission Class 8 semitrailers and create thousands of new jobs. Congratulations to Team Nikola on innovation. I take a look at continued success.”
Coolidge Mayor Jon Thompson welcomed Nikola Corp. to the city.
“Nikola Corp. it will be a welcome addition to Coolidge, which will offer thousands of jobs while producing eco-friendly vehicles,” he said. “We are proud to be components of this long historical transport journey.”
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