A | DETROIT -- Jeep maker Stellantis says it will build a second electric vehicle battery factory in Kokomo, Indiana, that will create 1,400 new jobs.The $3.2 billion joint venture plant with South Korea's Samsung SDI is to start production early in 2027.Construction already is underway on the companies' first joint venture factory in Kokomo, which is scheduled to open early in 2025. That $3.1 billion plant announced in May of 2022 also is expected to create about 1,400 new jobs.The city of Kokomo, which is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Indianapolis, made a compelling case to locate the second factory there, Stellantis Chief Operating Officer for North America Mark Stewart said in a statement early Wednesday. Samsung SDI CEO Yoon-ho Choi said Kokomo will be the company's largest production base for electric vehicle batteries in North America. He says it will help Stellantis accelerate a transition to a new era of EVs.“Today’s commitment from Stellantis and Samsung SDI will double the capital investment, the new jobs created, and the impact this joint venture will have on Kokomo and the state of Indiana for decades to come," Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb said in a statement. Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest automaker, has announced plans to sell 5 million electric vehicles by 2030, with 50% of its North American passenger car and light truck sales going fully electric by 2030. Stellantis also plans a joint-venture battery plant across the border in Windsor, Ontario. The company was formed in 2021 with the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Peugeot.Indiana offered an incentive package of up to about $186.5 million in conditional tax credits, training grants and investments for the first Kokomo battery factory. The money would offset the costs of the plant’s infrastructure, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation said.In 2021 the company announced plans to spend nearly $230 million to retool three Kokomo-area factories so they can produce transmission systems that work with both traditional gasoline-powered vehicles and gas-electric hybrid versions.Eleven U.S. EV battery plants proposed by Detroit automakers have become a central issue in contract talks with the United Auto Workers that have led to 3-week-old strikes against the companies.Union President Shawn Fain wants the 11 plants proposed by Stellantis, Ford and General Motors to be represented by the union and for workers there to make top assembly plant wages because they’re the future of the auto industry.Most of the plants are joint ventures with South Korean battery makers.Last week General Motors made a breakthrough concession by agreeing to pull its three joint venture plants into the union’s national contract with the automaker, essentially agreeing to unionize them.So far, neither Ford nor Stellantis has agreed to the change. The companies have said they don’t want to increase their battery costs to the point where their electric vehicles have to be priced higher than Tesla or foreign automakers with U.S. factories.。
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近日，在山东菏泽街头，一个贴满寻人启事的流动西瓜摊感动了无数网友。摊主是28岁的脑瘫小伙刘国栋，他虽然身患残疾、行动不便，却坚持靠摆摊卖西瓜自食其力，并将“宝贝回家”寻人启事贴满自己的三轮车，让每一位前来买瓜的市民都能看到失踪儿童的信息，使小小的流动瓜摊成为一个流动的“寻亲宣传站”。
C | “宝贝回家”寻亲行动近年来在山东多地悄然兴起，无数流动的车辆成为传播寻亲信息的“爱心方舟”。
D | 在青岛西海岸新区大场镇，“卡友驿站”通过统一申领寻亲资料，由货车司机自愿领取张贴，让每一辆车都成为一个移动的寻亲窗口。
E | 刘国栋的瓜摊，正是这股公益暖流在菏泽街头的生动延续。他用自己的微薄力量帮助失散家庭重聚，将公益融入日常生计之中。 许多菏泽市民在看到报道后，特意找到刘国栋的瓜摊买瓜，用行动表达支持。“不是为了吃瓜，就是想来看看这个了不起的小伙。” 在各大社交平台上，“小小的我”成为高频热词，无数网友被这位28岁小伙子的坚韧与大爱深深打动。
F | 在刘国栋身上，人们看到的不是身体的局限，而是一个灵魂的挺拔——语言表达困难，他用行动说话;行动不便，他用坚持前行。“小小的我”不只是刘国栋，更是千千万万个在平凡生活中默默努力、不忘传递善意的普通人。
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