Nikola to Pinal, early stage of Detroit for electric vehicles
by Callan Smith | Rose Law Group Reporter
From left, Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president, Jacob Anderson, president/CEO Saint Holdings, Tom Stringer, BDO Managing Director Site Selection & Incentives, Coolidge Mayor Jon Thomspon, Sandra Watson, Arizona Department of Commerce and Britton Worthen, chief legal officer Nikola Corp./RLGR
Not one, but two electric vehicle companies are coming to Pinal County, first Lucid Motors, now Nikola Corporation, which made for an excited crowd at the Pinal Partnership breakfast panel event this morning in Chandler.
Bringing Nikola to Pinal County, specifically the City of Coolidge, started with Jackob Anderson, president and CEO of Saint Holdings after he watched a Nikola video on YouTube. Reaching out to Tom Stringer, managing director of Site Selection & Incentives with BDO, he learned the site selection process was starting.
Arizona entered the running with 14 states, all vying to make the cut with hundreds of variables at play, including demographics, land and workforce, Stringer said.
