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Voltage Valley

  • Lordstown Motors opened up its plant to show off work on its electric truck, the Endurance.
    Business & Economy
    Voltage Valley Starts Workforce Training Efforts, Despite Troubles At Electric Truck Plant
    Julie Grant
    The former steel region in eastern Ohio across the Pennsylvania border is moving forward with a new industry: electric vehicles. Leaders are pushing the region as Voltage Valley, largely anchored by an electric vehicle battery plant, and troubled electric truck upstart Lordstown Motors. Despite this uncertainty, efforts are moving forward with workforce training to supply both companies with the thousands of qualified employees they will need.