Details emerge on $2.4 billion EV battery plant in West Michigan

Gotion 0923-main_i.jpg — An empty tract of land that encompasses the Big Rapids Airport Industrial Park is part of the 19 parcels across 523 acres on which Gotion Inc. plans to build a battery plant over the next decade. (Jim Chapman, Green Township supervisor)

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Rachel Watson

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Crain's Detroit Business

September 23, 2022 03:14 PM

GRAND RAPIDS — Economic developers confirmed Friday that electric vehicle battery maker Gotion Inc. is planning a nearly $2.4 billion factory near Big Rapids, aiming to create 2,350 jobs in the next decade.

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