Jim Maury may not be as famous as Elon Musk, but the two do have something in common: They both run electric vehicle companies.

“He's a pioneer, and really pushed the envelope and I give Elon a lot of credit, but we're all learning, you know, this is a new space,” he said.

Maury is the president and CEO of Zero Electric Vehicles in Tempe, a company building kits to convert gasoline vans into electric vehicles and, one day, it hopes to build its own electric car. Maury is growing his company here with hopes of participating in what he calls the "EV Valley."

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By Andy Blye, Reporter - Phoenix Business Journal