Chinese Battery Maker Gotion Plans $2B Illinois Plant, Adding 2,600 Jobs Despite GOP Concerns Over China Ties
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Chinese battery maker Gotion plans $2B electric vehicle battery plant in Manteno, Illinois, creating 2,600 jobs.
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Illinois providing over $500M in incentives to attract Gotion, part of push to become EV manufacturing hub.
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Plant will produce lithium ion batteries for electric buses, cars, trucks to be sold globally.
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Announcement bolsters Illinois' EV industry ambitions after losing Stellantis plant in Belvidere.
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Pritzker touts jobs and investment from Gotion despite company's China ties, rebuffing GOP criticism.