Calling it “a great day that we have been looking forward to for a long time,” Nikola CEO Mark Russell noted that having several Tre Class 8 battery-electric trucks ready for delivery will generate the 7-year-old company’s first-ever quarterly revenue. The vehicles were manufactured at the new assembly plant in Coolidge, Ariz. On Wednesday, industry and political dignitaries were given a tour of the facility, which currently covers 290,000 square feet. The plant will encompass 1 million square feet once all planned expansions are complete.

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