Michigan EV Industry Responds to Trump Policy Changes
$27 Billion Is Being Poured Into 60 EV Manufacturing and Battery Projects
Factory Zero is GM’s remade assembly plant for electric Hummers and Silverados. (General Motors)
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DETROIT — While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry this week, there is still optimism about the industry’s future in Michigan, a state retooling from America’s most recognizable auto hub to its No. 1 destination for electric vehicle investment.
More than $27 billion is being poured into some 60 EV manufacturing and battery projects in the state, edging out even Georgia, with $26.6 billion, according to Atlas Public Policy, indicating that the birthplace of the modern auto industry continues to be central to its present and future.
Michigan is home to hundreds of supply companies in addition to the automakers.
There is Factory Zero, GM’s remade assembly plant for electric Hummers and Silverados in the diverse Detroit neighborhood of Hamtramck, on a lot rich with auto history.
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford (left) and CEO James Hackett pose outside the Michigan Central train depot on June 19 in Detroit. (Carlos Osorio/AP) …
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