DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant about 100 miles west of Detroit that would employ about 2,500 people. The plant was revealed Monday at a meeting of the Michigan Strategic Fund, which approved a large state tax incentive package for the project near the city of Marshall.
It will be built on a site that’s being readied for industrial development near the junction of Interstates 94 and 69. Gabby Bruno, director of economic development for Ford, said there was “no lack of competition for this project.” She said Michigan “competed against numerous states and countries” to secure the investment.
Virginia was in competition for the plant, until Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) stopped pursuit over its alleged ties to the Chinese Government. Democrats have been highly critical of the decision. There have been varying reports on how close Virginia was to being chosen for the facility. Virginia was offering a site in Pittsylvania County, in an area in need of jobs.
Youngkin has made a number of moves against China this year, and did manage to get the State Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, to approve a ban on purchase of Virginia farmland by Chinese Government-controlled interests,
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Same Plant Youngkin Stopped Pursuit of
