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LGES & Honda battery plant in Ohio starts construction on $3.5 billion facility

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LG Energy Solution (LGES) and Honda’s joint electric vehicle (EV) battery plant started construction on the facility, installing the first steel beam on the site in Jeffersonville, Ohio. LGES and Honda expect to complete construction on their new battery cell facility by the end of 2024.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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President Biden says his EV policies will result in “one million new jobs in the American automobile industry. By some estimates, upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition. One million.”. Neither does the U.S.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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But both have stated that they’re concerned about the ramifications for traditional supply chains and the possibility that the changes would negatively impact the U.S. workforce, noting that most aspects of battery production presently take place outside the country. Swelling vehicle prices was another issue.&

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Trump promises 100% tariff on Mexico-built Chinese cars—EV or not

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In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in the U.S. automobile industry as a whole.” market sale—effectively double the previous tariffs he had seeked to apply.

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