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REE Automotive Kick-Off U.S. Production With Roush Industries as Contract Manufacturer
Production of P7 electric truck line-up to begin Q4 2024 at Roush’s facility in Detroit, Michigan, with annual capacity of up to 5,000 trucks.Motherson to
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[{"type":"text","content":"Production of P7 electric truck line-up to begin Q4 2024 at Roush’s facility in Detroit, Michigan, with annual capacity of up to 5,000 trucks.Motherson to manage global supply chain and logistics for U.S. production as well as on-site manufacturing and quality assurance support via Motherson SAS in Detroit. Faster production ramp up, improved unit costs, and accelerated road to free-cash flow generation are expected.Customers have begun securing production slots. TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marking a significant milestone on its path to electrifying fleet vehicles across North America, REE Automotive Ltd. (Nasdaq: REE), an automotive technology company and provider of full by-wire electric trucks and platforms, today announced that it has selected Roush Industries, a leading innovative vehicle contract manufacturer, to assemble REE’s P7 vehicles at Roush’s Detroit-area factory. REE will continue to manufacture its proprietary REEcorner® technology in its UK Coventry Integration Center. With a focus on speed to market and impeccable build quality, Roush’s assembly team unites decades of design, engineering, machining, fabrication, testing, manufacturing, and supply chain expertise to deliver a scalable process for REE. Roush will be supported onsite by a joint REE and Motherson team, who will be responsible for overall quality assurance, logistics, and testing. Roush, as U.S. contract manufacture for the P7 lineup, will be responsible for the assembly of full vehicles according to REE’s requirements. REE’s software-defined electric trucks will be assembled at Roush’s Detroit based site specifically chosen for REE’s requirements and designed to have a yearly capacity of up to 5,000 trucks. Motherson, a leading global automotive part supplier with whom REE signed a strategic agreement, will manage global supply chain and logistics targeting cost reduction, improved unit economics and higher margines. REE’s P7 electric commercial trucks line-up is built on top of four REEcorners® featuring REE’s disruptive x-by-wire technology. REEcorners® pack critical vehicle components into the area between the chassis and the wheel, enabling a fully flat electric chassis end-to-end with up to 35% more interior volume for passengers, cargo and batteries. Electric vehicles built on the P7 chassis have the industry’s lowest...