There is rarely a week that has gone by this summer without a company announcing plans to heavily invest in Arizona’s growing EV sector. This week it was, Zero Electric Vehicles which made public their plans to build out a new 103,000 sqft EV manufacturing facility in Gilbert, AZ. The company plans to move in by December 1, 2021 and create 300 new jobs.
ZEV is an Arizona based company which provides turnkey solutions to electrify existing light and medium fleet vehicles.
ZEV's location is strategically positioned to capitalize on their partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) to build on their incredible talent pool while developing new relationships with Grand Canyon University (GCU) and Maricopa County Community Colleges. "ZEV values the incredible talent coming through these college programs, we have over four graduates with patent filings in less than 6 months of development – that is rapid innovation," said Jim Maury, ZEV President.
ZEV will be expanding their fleet vehicle conversion production to 40 vehicles per day by Spring of 2022. ZEV has allocated 10K square feet to accelerate battery module design, development, certification and assembly to support fleet and passenger vehicle applications. This will bring high tech jobs, with expertise in battery cell chemistries, packaging, thermal management, and control interfaces to maximize energy density, configurability and safety through the vehicle lifecycle.
"It's with great excitement that we Welcome ZEV to Gilbert in their new 103,000 SQ FT stand-alone location on Germann Road! ZEV plans to hire 300 local employees over the next 12 months. We are grateful that ZEV chose Gilbert and thrilled for them to add to Gilbert's thriving business community," said Mayor Brigette Peterson, Gilbert City.