Governor Andy Beshear announced that more than $10.2 million dollars in federal grant money will be available in fiscal year 2022 to deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The money is part of $5-billion available to states over the next five years under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program.
Last fall, Ford Motor Company announced a nearly $6-billion-dollar investment to build a battery park in Hardin County along with their partner SK Innovation and Toyota is investing $461-million to prepare the Georgetown plant for EV production.