DEARBORN, MI—Ford has announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that will enable the automaker to produce 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026.

HERNDON, VA—Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and Redwood Materials Inc. are collaborating to create a supply chain to recycle Volkswagen and Audi electric vehicle batteries in the United States.

LEWIS CENTER, OH—ATS Industrial Automation has opened a new 240,000-square-foot battery assembly plant here.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—Battery manufacturer Envision AESC will invest $2 billion to build a new assembly plant here to make battery cells and modules for electric cars from several OEMs.

SEOUL—Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced plans to invest more than $4.1 billion to build a battery plant in Canada.

SIDNEY, OH—Fresh off of winning Intel’s $20 billion project to make semiconductors in Licking County, the state is on the verge of landing another big project: a $900 million investment by a Chinese manufacturer of materials used in batteries that power electric vehicles and other products.

RALEIGH, NC—VinFast, a Vietnamese manufacturer of electric vehicles, has chosen North Carolina for its first North American automotive and battery assembly plant, which will create 7,500 jobs. The manufacturing plant will be built at the Triangle Innovation Point megasite in Chatham County.