Recharged: How the U.S. is trying to make up lost ground on electric vehicles
Recharged: How the U.S. is trying to make up lost ground on electric vehicles Josh Lederman and Jacob Ward © Provided by NBC News LORDSTOWN, Ohio – In the shadow of a shuttered assembly plant that once stood as a beacon of U.S. automaking, a sprint is on to finish a megafactory: this one about half a mile long, designed to build nothing but batteries for electric cars and trucks starting next year. Set to employ 1,100 workers in a space that could fit 30 football fields, the sprawling plant illustrates both hopes and challenges as the U.S. struggles to catch up in a new gl...