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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.
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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.
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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.
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The quietness in the Hardin Co. town of Glendale is interrupted a few times a day as the main CSX train line from Louisville to Nashville rolls through town. A much bigger disruption is happening a few miles up the road just off Interstate 65 where the world’s largest electric vehicle battery plant is under construction.
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A consultant's report released this week highlights some of the growing pains ahead for Hardin County, the site of Kentucky's largest ever economic development project. Two electric vehicle battery plants under construction in Glendale are expected to bring thousands of new residents to Hardin County.
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The largest electric vehicle battery plant in the world is taking shape in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear toured the construction site on Wednesday for a pair of factories that will produce EV batteries for Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
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Negotiations are underway on a new contract between General Motors and the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green.National labor talks began July 18 between the Big Three automakers and the United Autoworkers Union.
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Hiring is underway to fill 5,000 jobs at two mega factories in Hardin County that will produce batteries for electric vehicles. BlueOval SK has created a website to accept applications.
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At least seven automakers have removed AM radio from their newly manufactured vehicles. The KBA argues AM radio has a robust, far-reaching audience and remains a critical link in the nation’s emergency response network.
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Kentucky pauses incentives for battery maker whose federal loan was nixed after claims of China tiesKentucky officials say they won't start paying out $21 million in economic incentives for a proposed electric vehicle battery facility until the company further explains why the U.S. Department of Energy abruptly rejected a $200 million loan for the project after some congressional Republicans argued the firm has improper ties to China.