Casa Grande preparing for Lucid’s high-dollar Arizona car factory
A long-delayed car factory in Casa Grande is expected to break ground within months.
Pinal Partnership tweet from the event: Hearing from Mike Boike, @Lucid_Motors Senior Manager Manufacturing, about how technology and luxury came together perfectly to make the #LucidAir. A car that is over 1,000 HP and a lot of fun! They also have a stellar team behind the product. “Start up does not equal amateur.”
Electric-car startup Lucid Motors plans to break ground within months on a massive Casa Grande factory expected to produce its first car before the end of 2020, a company official said Friday.
The ambitious plans for a factory that will employ about 745 people in its first phase would be a major boon for the Pinal County economy, should the plans come to fruition.
When Gov. Doug Ducey announced Lucid’s plans in November 2016, the company said its nearly $700 million factory would break ground in 2017 and the cars would be in production by now. But that didn’t happen.
