Michigan is competing "aggressively" for an electric vehicle battery factory planned by Ford Motor Co. and a Chinese battery giant that would bring $3.5 billion of investment and create 2,500 jobs.
While Ford won't confirm where the plant will be built — it's in the company's best interest to be coy — a "megasite" in Marshall, Mich., many years in the making, is readying for its moment. Marshall is located just north of the Indiana border.
The lingering question is, whom is it competing against?