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Virginia Rejects $3.5-Billion Ford Plant Over Fears of Communist Chinese Control
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin advised Ford to take its plan to construct a large, 2,500-job EV battery plant within the state and shove it, all as a result of Ford’s companion within the venture is a Chinese language battery producer—the biggest such producer on the earth.
In what can greatest be described as a pissing contest with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over who can harm their constituents extra with meaningless digital signaling, Youngkin rejected Ford’s plans for a lithium iron phosphate battery plant in Berry Hill, Virginia in late December. Ford invested critical money and time into the spot—$200 million within the website during the last 15 years, the Richmond Occasions-Dispatch reviews. It’s all gone now.
Youngkin put a cease to improvement on the plant because of Ford’s partnership with Modern Amperex Expertise, a Chinese language firm that reigns because the largest battery producer on the earth.
A confused Detroit Information reached out to Youngkin’s workplace for remark:
“Whereas Ford is an iconic American firm, it grew to become clear that this proposal would function a entrance for the Chinese language Communist social gathering, which might compromise our financial safety and Virginians’ private privateness,” Youngkin spokesperson Macaulay Porter stated in an announcement to The Detroit Information.
“Virginians could be assured that corporations with identified ties to the Chinese language Communist Get together gained’t obtain a leg up from the Commonwealth’s financial incentive packages,” she added. “When the doubtless damaging results of the deal had been realized, the plant proposal by no means reached a closing dialogue stage.”
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I’m certain that newfound confidence will assist the oldsters round Berry Hill pay their payments, as the placement has no new tenant. Ford is the second-largest EV builder within the U.S., after Tesla, and the Blue Oval is specializing in a method of constructing its personal batteries because the automaker transitions to EVs.
The late December determination got here simply as DeSantis demanded the Republican legislature in Florida ban China from buying actual property — particularly farmland — within the Sunshine State. Youngkin, who fancies himself within the working in opposition to DeSantis for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, adopted swimsuit. That’s regardless of China proudly owning lower than one p.c of agricultural tracts within the U.S., the Richmond Occasions-Dispatch reviews.
A minimum of these insurance policies didn’t instantly harm the folks of Virginia or Florida. Rejecting hundreds of latest jobs with a storied American automotive producer, slated for an economically depressed neighborhood, certain does affect Youngkin’s constituents.
Democrats within the state had been predictably vital of the transfer. From the Occasions-Dispatch:
“Throughout his marketing campaign, the Governor made a promise to convey financial improvement and manufacturing jobs to our communities which might be struggling — particularly in rural Virginia — to draw industries that provide aggressive wages,” wrote Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, in an e mail on Monday. “The Governor’s determination to tug Virginia out of the competitors for the brand new Ford facility places the Commonwealth at a extreme drawback.”
Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, stated in an interview that “to disclaim [people in the community] jobs since you’re in final place in Republican presidential primaries [is] gubernatorial malpractice.”
“I imply, that is clearly simply apparent to me that the governor’s in some type of out-China-bashing-contest with [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis and Governor Greg Abbott out of Texas,” he added.
It’s not clear what’s going to occur to the location, or the thousands and thousands of {dollars} Ford already invested in getting ready Berry Hill for a battery plant. Fortunately, there are many locations that will welcome that type of funding. Michigan, for one, is predictably thirsty for this new EV battery plant. There are a number of areas within the firm’s residence state on the brief listing of locations to construct the enormous battery facility — areas which might be simply as strapped for good blue-collar jobs as Berry Hill, together with Mundy Township in Genesee County, Michigan. Ford can be constructing three battery crops within the American south as it’s; two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. The plant close to Memphis, Tennessee would be the largest within the automaker’s historical past, based on Ford.
Florida and Virginia aren’t the one states utilizing the folks’s work to attain pointless political wins. Wyoming Republicans tried to place up a decision banning the sale of EVs within the state after 2035. It died just about instantly in committee, as lawmakers figured the purely symbolic decision would.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A 15-year-old boy is charged with shooting a teen over a week ago near Lake Edward in Virginia Beach, police say.
The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 10 in the 5000 block of W. Hastings Arch.
Police say officers responded to the shooting following an alert from ShotSpotter, which is technology that can detect gunshots.
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Officers then found a 15-year-old boy from Virginia Beach who had been shot, police say. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Last Thursday, police charged a boy — also a 15-year-old from Virginia Beach — in connection to the shooting. He’s charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony, police added.
The shooting is still under investigation. Police ask anyone with information to call detectives at 757-385-4101 or Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
Another wasted opportunity at home for the West Virginia Mountaineers this past weekend as they fell to the Baylor Bears, 49-35.
Much of the conversation entering the week was about who head coach Neal Brown would start at quarterback. He turned back to Garrett Greene, who had an okay day throwing the football but did add over 120 yards on the ground to help fuel the Mountaineers’ offensive attack. It wasn’t his best overall performance, but it was more than enough to win.
Unfortunately, West Virginia’s defense returned to its struggling ways, allowing 512 yards of offense, 329 of which came through the air. Baylor’s 35 first-half points were the most of any Big 12 team in a league game this season.
With the loss, the Mountaineers essentially eliminated themselves from a spot in the Big 12 championship game, and their bowl stock took a massive hit.
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The Mountaineers have two games remaining in the regular season and must notch one more win to become bowl-eligible. This week, they’ll play host to the UCF Knights, who were everyone’s dark horse to win the Big 12 back in August. After getting out to a 3-0 start, the Knights lost five straight.
Despite most sportsbooks opening this week’s game with UCF as the favorite, I like West Virginia’s chances to get the win. They are a run-heavy team, and that’s the one thing the Mountaineer defense does fairly well.
If they fail to collect win No. 6 this weekend, it’ll all come down to their trip to Lubbock the following week. Texas Tech has Oklahoma State this Saturday and will likely be gunning for win No. 8 when West Virginia comes to town. If the Red Raiders win out, that will be their best regular season finish since 2009.
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A championship-caliber clash played out Sunday on Lakeside Field, with No. 2 Northwestern and unseeded Virginia battling for a coveted NCAA tournament semifinal berth.
Two battle-tested teams from the nation’s premier conferences exchanged blows like prized fighters. Neither group would gift wrap a win for its opponent with a fatal error — someone had to find an extra gear to garner an elusive victory.
Coach Tracey Fuchs’ squad had been in this situation before, prevailing 3-2 over Louisville in last season’s quarterfinal, knocking off Iowa in a shootout during the 2022 Elite Eight and defeating the Hawkeyes 1-0 on that same stage in 2021.
For Fuchs, her team’s experience in close contests throughout the campaign built the foundation for postseason success. She’d watched her squad secure a comeback 3-2 victory at Princeton, grind out a 2-1 overtime win at Michigan and suffer its lone loss to the Wolverines in the conference championship. Sunday, it was win or go home.
“We’ve been in five, six really tough battles — maybe even more than that,” Fuchs said. “That’s what makes championship teams.”
In a game that packed several lead changes, yellow cards, a disallowed goal and an overtime winner, the Wildcats (21-1, 8-0 Big Ten) defeated the Cavaliers (14-5, 6-2 ACC) 3-2. The win punched the program’s ticket to a fourth consecutive Final Four.
The ’Cats trailed for the first time in NCAA tournament play, falling behind on Virginia midfielder Suze Leemans’ penalty corner conversion with 74 seconds remaining in the first half. The disciplined Cavalier defense held NU to just four shots in the opening 30 minutes.
Still, Fuchs said she felt a breakthrough was imminent at halftime. She added that she was pleased with her team’s first-half effort — it just needed a few bounces to go its way.
“We knew there was nothing drastic that needed to happen — we just had to keep plugging away, keep finishing,” senior midfielder Maddie Zimmer said.
The hosts found just that in the third quarter, with freshman midfielder Elaine Velthuizen nabbing an equalizer and sophomore forward Ashley Sessa scoring the go-ahead goal. The ’Cats fired six shots during the frame — good for Virginia’s total shot output Sunday.
NU seemingly carried all the momentum, leading 2-1 as the final quarter approached.
“I came in after the third (quarter) and knew we were in a good spot,” Fuchs said. “You just look around, and when you have the leadership you have with these guys, my job is easy. I know they’re going to be ready for the next whistle.”
But the Cavaliers’ comeback push packed a potent punch. Virginia midfielder Daniela Mendez-Trendler recorded her eighth goal of the season just 28 seconds into the fourth quarter, tying the game at 2-2.
Midway through the period, sophomore forward Olivia Bent-Cole celebrated a would-be winner on a redirected effort in front of the net. The NU sideline erupted in relief, but a minutes-long video review ensued.
As Lakeside Field’s once raucous crowd dissipated to a hushed whisper, the referee waved off Bent-Cole’s effort, setting up a contentious final seven minutes. With neither side pulling ahead in the closing moments, the ’Cats headed to their second overtime period this season.
Ahead of Sunday’s clash, Fuchs watched Amazon Prime Video’s docuseries “Face Off: Inside the NHL.” She said she had one major takeaway from the show as Zimmer and graduate student midfielder Lauren Wadas lined up in their usual spots for an extra-time penalty corner.
“Your best players just need to make one good play,” Fuchs said. “They don’t have to make eight, nine, and although (Wadas) made more than one good play today, that’s the play we’ll remember. You want to put the game on these guys’ shoulders because you know they can carry the load.”
When the ball broke to Wadas’ ideal spot in the shooting circle, the fifth-year — who’d been a key architect to NU’s three consecutive national championship appearances — left no doubt.
It was a tailor-made play call for an All-American difference-maker. Amid a high-stakes contest, where every moment carried the weight of a potential winner, Wadas sent her team back to Ann Arbor: the site of the ’Cats’ first-ever national title in 2021.
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