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New energy in 40th Senate District from battery plant announcement

There’s an exciting new energy in Kankakee County from our ongoing work to embrace the next generation of technology to power our economy.

I was excited to join our top leaders in Manteno earlier this month to announce a new, $2 billion electric vehicle battery gigafactory coming to the region.

With production beginning next year, Gotion will build state-of-the-art electric vehicle batteries at the new plant. That will help meet the expected demand for electric…

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