Climate Changed
A Different Kind of Car Factory Is Opening Up in Los Angeles
- California governor says EV plant will clean air, create jobs
- Transportation accounts for more emissions than power plants
A rendering of Proterra's Catalyst E2 electric bus.
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While President Donald Trump is rooting for more car plants in the rust-belt states of Michigan and Ohio and more coal mines in Appalachia, California has a different idea for creating jobs: electric-vehicle factories.
California Governor Jerry Brown, scheduled to attend Proterra Inc.’s opening of an electric-bus factory in Southern California on Wednesday, described the plant as an example of how the state is still creating jobs while cleaning the air. The complex, which was backed by a $3 million state grant, will employ almost 100 workers by the end of next year and is capable of making as many as 400 zero-emission buses annually, according to Proterra.