Southern Arizona is establishing itself as a battery capital in the United States as battery manufacturing companies continue to select the region to be home to their operations. Through incentives, the City of Tucson is attracting manufactures that will boost economic growth and provide clean energy to the city.
DEEPER DIVE: American Battery Factory brings $1.2B facility, 300 high-paying jobs to Tucson
Both Sion Power Corporation and American Battery Factory announced major moves in Southern Arizona in late 2022 with help of the City of Tucson Primary Jobs Incentive, which provides up to a 100% reimbursement of construction sales tax to qualifying expenses such as required public infrastructure improvements, offsets to impact fees and job training.
Making history
On Dec. 6, 2022, American Battery Factory announced that the company had selected Tucson to be home to their official…