>A $1.9 billion electric vehicle battery plant planned for Marshall County is set to become the second-largest capital investment project in Mississippi history, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday, Jan. 16.
>Reeves announced the proposed development just south of the Tennessee line in calling for a special session of the Mississippi Legislature later this week. The development deal would create around 2,000 new jobs in the north Mississippi county.
>Reeves did not name the companies involved, but was able to disclose that the facility will be built at the 3,600-acre Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park on the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, confirming earlier reporting from *The Daily Memphian*.
Later in the article it states “the project is a believed to be a joint venture between Cummins, Daimler Trucks and Paccar, according to multiple sources familiar with the project.”
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Nice.
This is how you get red states onboard with green energy.
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>A $1.9 billion electric vehicle battery plant planned for Marshall County is set to become the second-largest capital investment project in Mississippi history, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday, Jan. 16.
>Reeves announced the proposed development just south of the Tennessee line in calling for a special session of the Mississippi Legislature later this week. The development deal would create around 2,000 new jobs in the north Mississippi county.
>Reeves did not name the companies involved, but was able to disclose that the facility will be built at the 3,600-acre Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park on the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, confirming earlier reporting from *The Daily Memphian*.
Later in the article it states “the project is a believed to be a joint venture between Cummins, Daimler Trucks and Paccar, according to multiple sources familiar with the project.”
Nice.
This is how you get red states onboard with green energy.
Biggest reason to build a plant there is the median income wich allows them to get by paying lower wages. [https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/median-household-income-by-state](https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/median-household-income-by-state)
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