Michigan companies in Flint, Muskegon, Wayne County, and the Upper Peninsula have won four grants from the Biden-Harris administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to boost domestic production of advanced battery components.
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the grants will help secure the future of the electric vehicle industry in the U.S. In all, the $3 billion in grants will fund 25 projects in 14 states.
“We as a nation — and Michigan knows this better than anyone — have sat idly by while China dominated the supply chain for batteries for electric vehicles,” Granholm said in an interview with Michigan Public. “So the Biden-Harris administration has said, no. We’re going to put a stop to that.”…