# First Mode opens CleanTech manufacturing facility in Seattle's SoDo District

First Mode opened a 40,000-square-foot clean technology manufacturing facility in Seattle's SoDo District to produce components for retrofitting up to 150 ultra-class mining trucks annually into low-carbon or zero-emission electric vehicles.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-02-16
- Where: Seattle, Washington (SoDo District), United States
- Value: $22.0M
- Jobs: 30
- Starts operating: 21 Feb 2024
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 150 ultra-class mining trucks per year
- Products: retrofit components for mining trucks (hybrid, battery, hydrogen fuel cell)
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [First Mode](https://endata.com/companies/54501.md)

## Sources

- [firstmode.com](https://firstmode.com/updates/heavy-industrys-clean-energy-future-begins-in-seattle-with-grand-opening-of-first-modes-cleantech-manufacturing-facility-in-sodo-district/), 2024-02-17: "First Mode, a global decarbonization product company founded and headquartered in Seattle, is opening one of the largest clean technology manufacturing facilities in the city, in the SoDo District."
- [evmagz.com](https://evmagz.com/first-mode-launches-hybrid-electric-retrofit-factory-in-seattle/), 2024-03-10: "With our factory, the clean energy future for heavy industry begins here in Seattle."

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