electric vehicles

An electric vehicle battery supplier has paused construction on a factory in western Kentucky.

A manufacturer of electric vehicle battery materials is scaling back plans for its facility under construction in Christian County. Ascend Elements says it has come to a mutual agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to cancel a $164 million federal grant for its mega factory in Hopkinsville.

The first major union election in the South this year is headed to Glendale, Kentucky, a small farming community south of Louisville.

A supermajority of workers at an electric vehicle battery campus in Hardin County has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, asking for a union election. Employees of BlueOval SK have formally requested to vote on joining the United Auto Workers.

BlueOval SK has announced wage increases starting Jan. 1 for workers at the electric vehicle battery campus in Hardin County. The raises come as some workers want to join the United Auto Workers Union.

Workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Hardin County have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers Union. A news release from the UAW says a super majority of employees have signed authorization cards to unionize.

Electric vehicles have built up enough momentum from job growth and investments to steer past any roadblocks from Donald Trump and other critics, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit Elizabethtown on Wednesday to promote President Biden’s economic agenda. During her visit to Hardin County, Yellen will tour an electric vehicle battery supplier.

Company leaders announced the decision Thursday to Wall Street analysts. When the project was originally announced in the fall of 2021, both battery production plants were scheduled to open in the town of Glendale in 2025.

Warren and Hardin counties will soon have 9,000 positions to fill as a trio of electric vehicle battery plants begin operations. The two counties have hired a workforce specialist to lead recruitment.