Battery Tech Firm Microvast Opens New R&D Facility in Orlando, Creates 100 New High-Wage Jobs
EV用Battery Power SystemメーカーのMicrovast社がこの度オーランドに研究開発拠点を開設し25M$の投資と約１００人の雇用を創出する予定。Microvast社は2006年創業でフロリダ州のセントラルフロリダ大学と連携しているベンチャー企業。オーランドはEV及び自動運転関連業界の注目を集めており、下記のように多くの企業が集約しています。
AV sensor tech company Luminar ($LAZR), autonomous mobility service provider Beep Inc.’s electric, driverless shuttle system and electric vertical landing and takeoff (eVTOL) company Lilium’s new U.S. vertiport in Lake Nona. In fact, the region serves as a global hub, test bed and implementation proving grounds for electric and autonomous vehicle technology with some of the nation’s friendliest legislation, competencies in simulation, aviation and defense, history in space exploration combined with specialized university programs and testing assets like SunTrax and NASA Kennedy Space Center.
出展：Orlando Economic Partnership