Ford-CATL EV battery plant being 'aggressively' pursued by Michigan

Marshall megasite-01_i.jpg — The Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance has a 1,600-acre tract of farmland near the I-69 and I-94 interchange in Michigan that it has been marketing for a decade. (Michigan Economic Development Corp. )

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Crain's Detroit Business

January 30, 2023 04:00 PM

Michigan is competing "aggressively" for an electric vehicle battery factory planned by Ford Motor Co. and a Chinese battery giant that would bring $3.5 billion of investment and create 2,500 jobs.

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