With $2 billion in facility-specific investment and 2,000 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The battery manufacturing context.
Battery manufacturing has become one of the largest concentrations of new industrial investment in the United States. A network of cell plants is taking shape across the Midwest and Southeast, connecting automakers, battery producers, critical-material suppliers and energy-storage markets. Federal production incentives have accelerated that build-out, while the next test will be whether announced capacity converts into sustained domestic production.
At a glance
- Company
- Envision AESC
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- Bowling Green, Kentucky
- Investment
- $2.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 2,000
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Apr 13, 2022
- Opening timeline
- Originally targeted for early 2025; no revised authoritative opening date is currently recorded.
- Added to tracker
- Aug 23, 2026
Official references
- Kentucky AESC gigafactory announcement https://newkentuckyhome.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/20220413_EnvisionAESC
- Kentucky AESC groundbreaking confirmation https://newkentuckyhome.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/20220830_EnvisionAESCGroundbreaking
- AESC current U.S. facilities status https://us.aesc-group.com/facilities/
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