Electric Battery Maker SPARKZ to Locate Factory In West Virginia

31 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from CBS News

"The batteries will be built at a 482,000-square-foot (4.5-hectare) plant in Taylor County off U.S. Route 50 near Bridgeport, the company said in a statement. The plant, which eventually will employ 350 workers, originally was a glass factory that ceased operations in 2009.

"The plant will produce cobalt-free batteries, an effort to bring down the cost of U.S. lithium-ion battery production."

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