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ANAHEIM, Calif. — U.S. car buyers love the edge cases. They buy seven-seat SUVs for a family of four. They get pickups in case they want to tow something. They purchase tricked-out Jeep Wranglers and Ford Broncos but never leave the pavement. Mujeeb Ijaz, CEO of Our Next Energy EV battery…

Audi has previously stated it is interested in a new factory, suggesting the U.S. as a possibility

Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $3.5 billion factory in Michigan that would employ at least 2,500 people to make lower-cost batteries for a variety of new and existing electric vehicles. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker says Monday that the plant will be built on land being readied for industrial development about 100 miles west of Detroit near Marshall. Ford said it would start making batteries in 2026 and would crank out enough batteries to supply 400,000 vehicles per year. The factory w...

Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $3.5 billion factory in Michigan that would employ at least 2,500 people to make lower-cost batteries for a variety of new and existing electric vehicles.

Last month, Virginia dropped out of the race for the same Ford plant after Youngkin characterized the project as a "front" for the Chinese Communist Party that would raise national security concerns.

Ford Motor Co. plans to build a $3.5 billion factory in Michigan that would employ at least 2,500 people to make lower-cost batteries for a variety of new and existing electric vehicles.

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.

Glenn Youngkin's rebuke of the $3.5 billion battery plant could also mean good things for Michigan, which could score another auto manufacturing opportunity.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin elaborated Thursday about the concerns that he said prompted his decision to end an apparent effort by Virginia to land a large electric vehicle battery plant.