Battery Plant Kentucky

Bowling Green Mayor Todd Alcott expresses his gratitude for the $2 billion investment by Japan-based Envision Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) for the construction of a 3 million square-foot electric vehicle battery technology plant during a news conference at the State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company will build a factory in Kentucky, creating 2,000 jobs in a $2 billion investment that reinforces the state's leadership in battery production Gov Andy Beshear said Wednesday. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP)