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Electric vehicles are more expensive and less widespread in the Midwest.

Construction already is underway on the companies’ first joint venture factory in Kokomo, which is scheduled to open early in 2025.

General Motors long argued its electric vehicle battery plants have no “legal or practical path” to be made part of the same union contract as the rest of its manufacturing workers. On Friday, the UAW announced the company has now agreed to do just that.

Subaru of Indiana is the company’s only auto manufacturing site outside of Japan and produces about half of all Subarus sold in the U.S.

The alliance wants INDOT to create an equity advisory board for the EV plan and commit to hiring and training a diverse workforce for the EV projects.

A coalition of gas stations and other retailers said we won’t have enough fast chargers to make the transition to EVs without the help of private businesses — and right now many can’t afford fast-chargers.