The under-construction Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan site is slated to begin building lithium iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries for EVs next year, but it has also faced quite a bit of controversy. Aside from questions from the U.S. government regarding the automaker’s decision to license battery tech from China-based manufacturer CATL, Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan has also been the center of a legal battle from local residents. Thus far, those challenges have been dismissed by a judge not once, but twice, but Marshall residents just scored a big legal victory.
According to the Detroit Free Press, the Michigan Supreme Court has decided to revive a lawsuit originally filed by a group of local residents known as the Committee for Marshall – not the Megasite, which argued that Marshall city officials worked to prevent them from fairly voting on certain actions that would enable Ford and other entities to begin working on the plant. The court vacated a prior decision by the appellate court, mandating that it review the case in light of a prior, 2017 decision related to land transfers pertaining to economic development.
As for what this might mean for the future of the Ford BlueOval Battery Park Michigan site, that much is very unclear at the moment, as is the case with when the court of appeals might revisit the case or issue any sort of ruling. “I don’t know if it’s realistic Ford would dismantle their plant. I think there is room for discussion with the city and (the local economic development organization) on this on some of the other land that’s on the megasite there and how it would be used,” said committee spokesman Regis Klingler.
“Ford’s BlueOval Battery Park Michigan continues to move forward creating new jobs and bringing in tax revenues for the local community, as we review this decision with our legal team,” said Jim Durian, CEO of Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance, a local economic development group. “Ford is currently paying taxes on the property and there are 2,200 workers on-site every day, contributing to the local economy. Ford has already completed steel construction on the primary facility, which is expected to begin production next summer.”
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And I bet these do-gooders complain when their kids have to move away to find work because there are no good jobs in the area 🙄