ElectraMeccanica Picks Mesa for New EV Assembly Plant

VANCOUVER, BC—ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. plans to build an assembly plant in Mesa, AZ, to produce its Solo electric car. The facility will be capable of producing up to 20,000 EVs annually.

In addition to an assembly line, the state-of-the-art building will include an engineering technical center, plus chassis, battery pack and power electronics testing workshops.

The Solo is a three-wheeled vehicle designed for use in urban environments. Engineered for a single occupant, it has a range of 100 miles and a top speed of 80 mph.

Arizona is becoming a popular spot for EV manufacturing. Mesa, a suburb or Phoenix, is already home to Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc., while Lucid Motors Inc. recently opened a new factory nearby in Casa Grande. In addition, Nikola Corp. is building an assembly plant in Coolidge to mass-produce fuel cell-powered trucks.

All of that EV activity in the Grand Canyon state is starting to attract attention from automotive suppliers. For instance, UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries Inc., a Ludington, MI-based supplier of extruded aluminum components, recently announced plans to set up a factory in a former Walgreens distribution center in Flagstaff, AZ.

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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