Ford planning $3.5B battery plant in Michigan
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By: Paula Gardner
Source: Bridge Michigan
Michigan’s transformation into a new hub of electric vehicle battery manufacturing started with a loss in fall 2021, when Ford Motor Company turned away from its home state for its largest manufacturing investment to date.
That move — when Kentucky and Tennessee won a combined $11.4 billion in EV investment from Ford — prompted Michigan officials from both political parties to unite over a single goal: Land some of the massive investment generated by the automotive industry’s rapid switch to electrification.