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Property, Plant and Equipment
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Property, Plant and Equipment  
Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 3 – Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are summarized as follows:

    

September 30, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

Production equipment

$

40,328

$

36,086

Laboratory equipment

11,524

9,910

Leasehold improvements

 

70,793

 

59,109

Furniture and computer equipment

 

4,046

 

3,915

Construction in progress

 

8,585

 

13,650

Total cost

 

135,276

 

122,670

Accumulated depreciation

 

(35,489)

 

(23,514)

Net property and equipment

$

99,787

$

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 September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

    

2024

    

2023

2024

    

2023

Depreciation expense

$

4,014

$

2,896

$

11,980

$

7,794

The Company expanded its electrolyte production to produce larger quantities of electrolyte 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 has also built an electrolyte innovation center, or EIC, at SP2 to improve and test electrolyte manufacturing processes. The Company placed most of the lab into service in the three months ended September 30, 2024 and expects to place the remaining portion in service by the end of 2024.

Construction in progress

September 30, 2024

December 31, 2023

SP1 - Capital projects

$

4,722

$

2,298

SP2 - Increased scale electrolyte production

3,863

11,352

Total

$

8,585

$

13,650