Latrobe Valley community asks if electric vehicle factory will ever be built ThuThursday 4 updated ThuThursday 4 MarMarch 2021 at 8:43pm SEA Electric executive chairman Tony Fairweather, Harriet Shing, Daniel Andrews and Ben Carroll at the 2018 announcement that electric cars will be built at Morwell. ( Share Print text only Cancel Community members in Latrobe Valley want clarity about whether an electric vehicle factory will go ahead, more than two years after it was announced ahead of the 2018 Victorian state election. Key points: The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a deal with SEA Electric to build the factory and create 500 jobs ahead of the 2018 election