Orange EV to Relocate Headquarters to Help Product Demand

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Orange EV will set up a brand new company headquarters and manufacturing operations in Kansas Metropolis, Kan., the electrical heavy-duty automobile producer introduced Nov. 16.

Orange EV expects to relocate its headquarters at Turner Logistics Middle, an industrial park below building by NorthPoint Improvement, halfway via subsequent yr.

The corporate, presently primarily based in Riverside, Mo., mentioned the ability will present the manufacturing and workplace area essential to accommodate progress.

“Our new website allows us to proceed to increase our market management in EV terminal vehicles and start improvement of latest services for the electrical truck business,” Orange EV CEO Wayne Mathisen mentioned. “Our progress and success are a tribute to the efforts and experience of our workers. Orange EV appreciates the collaboration of the Unified Authorities of Wyandotte County and Kansas Metropolis, Kan., the Kansas Division of Commerce and the Kansas Metropolis Board of Public Utilities for his or her engagement in supporting Orange EV’s progress in Kansas.”

The situation will present eight instances the area of its former facility at greater than 400,000 sq. toes. It’s being designed to provide as many as 1,800 terminal vehicles per yr in single-shift operations. The corporate additionally mentioned its centralized location will allow good entry for its present workers and can appeal to future expertise throughout the larger Kansas Metropolis metro space.

“Finding one other EV producer to Kansas delivers a cost to this growing sector,” Lt. Gov. and Secretary of Commerce David Toland mentioned. “Orange EV is the sort of business chief our state will proceed recruiting as Kansas turns into the epicenter of sustainable transportation.” — Transport Subjects

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