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Toyota Opens a ‘Megasite’ for EV Batteries in a Struggling N.C. Community, Fueled by Biden’s IRA
The auto giant has invested more than $1 billion outside Greensboro, where local officials hope their formerly dying region will become a boom town with over 5,000 new jobs and as many as 100,000 new residents.
GREENSBORO, N.C.— When Muhammud Abu-Kass’ high school teacher told him about an opportunity at a nearby community college to be trained to work for Toyota’s first and only electric vehicle battery plant and get paid for it, he paused his plans to pursue an engineering degree.
Toyota Opens a ‘Megasite’ for EV Batteries in a Struggling N.C. Community, Fueled by Biden’s IRA