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Property, Plant and Equipment
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Property, Plant and Equipment  
Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 3 – Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are summarized as follows:

    

June 30, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

Production equipment

$

36,473

$

36,086

Laboratory equipment

11,275

9,910

Leasehold improvements

 

59,394

 

59,109

Furniture and computer equipment

 

4,046

 

3,915

Construction in progress

 

20,015

 

13,650

Total cost

 

131,203

 

122,670

Accumulated depreciation

 

(31,476)

 

(23,514)

Net property and equipment

$

99,727

$

99,156

Depreciation expenses for dedicated laboratory equipment and production equipment are charged to research and development. The other depreciation expenses are included in the Company’s overhead and are allocated across Operating Expenses based on Company personnel costs incurred.

Depreciation expense related to property, plant and equipment are summarized as follows:

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2024

    

2023

2024

    

2023

Depreciation expense

$

4,061

$

2,639

$

7,966

$

4,898

The Company expanded its electrolyte production to produce larger quantities of electrolyte material required to feed cell-production lines and continue research and development efforts at SP2. The Company began producing electrolyte at SP2 in 2023. The Company is developing a design verification plan and report lab at SP2 to improve and test process developments, which is anticipated to be placed in service by the end of 2024.

Construction in progress

June 30, 2024

December 31, 2023

SP1 - Capital projects

$

3,797

$

2,298

SP2 - Increased scale electrolyte production

16,218

11,352

Total

$

20,015

$

13,650