In order to meet the volume of business from Brazil and a rapidly growing dealer network in North America, Volcon and ElectraMeccanica announced that final assembly of Volcon’s electric UTV, the Stag, was being added to the assembly line in Mesa, Arizona. This contract expands the previously announced assembly work ElectraMeccanica will do for the Grunt EVO and Runt LT electric motorcycles. “We continue to make progress in scaling our vertically integrated supply chain in partnership with GLV Mexico, with frames, panels, suspension components, paint and cure lines ramping as we speak,” explains Volcon CEO Jordan Davis. “By adding stateside assembly to our vertically integrated supply chain, we accomplish both our promise to keep manufacturing in North America while focusing on profitability and supply chain resilience.”
“The EV market continues to expand and we’re excited that our Mesa facility is playing an immediate part in that growth,” adds ElectraMeccanica CEO Susan E. Docherty. “We’re also extremely pleased to build on our existing relationship with Volcon and GLV by leveraging our teams’ expertise to bring new types of electric vehicles to eager customers, while we also work to develop our own next generation EV.”
With more than half of Volcon's product line being assembled in the United States, the Company hopes to show its dedication to make best-in-class products, without handing off significant costs to the consumer. “Complex global supply chains, as we know them, existed long before Volcon was established,” continues Davis. “However, instead of subscribing to the trickle down of common transnational commerce practices, we feel we have an opportunity to show what a ‘trickle up’ model could look like by collaborating with businesses in our own backyard for components that are often sourced overseas. While not perfected, we feel with opportunities like this, we get closer to creating a version where maximum profits are not at the expense of American jobs and maintaining a circular flow of dollars in our own communities.”
