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Gov. Whitmer Touted 12,000 EV, Battery Jobs. Billions Later, Only 200 Were Created
by Nick Pope  1 hour ago in Electric Vehicles, News Reading Time: 3 mins read
 

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s multibillion-dollar effort to lure electric vehicle (EV)-related factories to the state has not produced the thousands of jobs she promised, according to an analysis conducted by Bridge Michigan. [emphasis, links added]

Whitmer and the state government have already spent $1 billion of the $2 billion pledged to five different projects to build EV battery factories or expand EV production, but only about 200 jobs have been created, a far cry from the 12,000 jobs Whitmer has stated the companies will ultimately provide for Michiganders, according to Bridge Michigan, a Michigan-focused nonprofit publication of the Center for Michigan.


Two years after the subsidies were extended in 2022, only 2% of the jobs promised have been delivered while the state-backed projects have downsized relative to original plans or faced delays.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/gov-whitmer-touted-12000-ev-battery-jobs-billions-later-200-created/
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It's amazingly like Biden's charging stations claim, way - way - way - way over-exaggerated.  Another way to look at is lies. *****rollingeyes*****
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address