North Las Vegas in running for electric car factory

By Conor Shine (contact)

Thursday, July 16, 2015 | 10:59 a.m.

The city of North Las Vegas may soon be home to an electric car manufacturing factory to rivalTesla's Gigafactory in Reno.

The city is one of four finalists being considered for the factory being built by Faraday Future, anupstart automotive company looking to take on industry giant Tesla, according to published reports.

Faraday Future is a California-based company that plans to have an electric car available forpurchase by 2017, according to Motor Trend.

A report by financial website Seeking Alpha said Faraday Future is considering building its factory

in one of four states -- Nevada, Georgia, Louisiana or California.

A North Las Vegas official confirmed that representatives from Faraday Future have made multiplevisits to several sites at the 7,000-acre Apex Industrial Park.

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