Category: The Battery Belt

Mississippi Gov. Signs Bill Enacting Level Playing Field for Electric Vehicle Companies and Traditional Dealerships

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill requiring electric car companies to sell vehicles through local businesses instead of stores owned by the company. “Almost 200 small businesses in communities across our state are seeking assurances that big manufacturers can’t just destroy their businesses. That’s fair!” Reeves, a Republican, said on social media, adding that…


EV Industry Continues to Emerge Throughout the Battery Belt

With the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law incentivizing corporations and consumers to invest in the manufacturing and purchase of electric vehicles (EV), its August passage has opened the door for a surge of EV-related industrial plants, many of which cropping up in southern states such as Alabama. The German-based ADS-TEC, an EV…


Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Plant Joins ‘Battery Belt’ in South Carolina

A Nevada-based electric vehicle (EV) battery startup company has announced its plans for a $3.5 billion recycling, refining, and remanufacturing battery plant in Berkeley County near Charleston, South Carolina. Redwood Materials, started by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, was referenced among key players in mineral production in President Joe Biden’s Feb. 22 Fact Sheet on Securing…