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Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America
GM's Ultium cell factory in Warren, Ohio. (AP) The onshoring of battery manufacturing for EVs started as a trickle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then it turned into a tsunami. In 2019, just two battery factories were operating in the United States …