While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry this week, there is still optimism about the industry’s future in Michigan. More than $27 billion is being poured into some 60 EV manufacturing and battery projects in the state, edging out even Georgia, with $26.6 billion, according to Atlas Public Policy, indicating that the birthplace of the modern auto industry continues to be central to its present and future. 

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