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Gov. Andy Beshear, left, presents a miniature bourbon barrel marked with the date of the Bowling Green Envision AESC groundbreaking as a gift to Envision AESC US Managing Director Jeff Deaton, during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) Envision AESC U.S. Managing Director Jeff Deaton speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) Gov. Andy Beshear, right, and Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green, left, present a check for $1 million to the Bowling Green Fire Department for the construction of a Kentucky Transpark fire station at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory at Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) Gov. Andy Beshear speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory at Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) Gov. Andy Beshear speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory at Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) Gov. Andy Beshear, center, left, presents a check for $1 million to Bowling Green Fire Chief Justin Brooks, center, and a group of BGFD firefighters for the construction of a Kentucky Transpark fire station at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) Envision AESC Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Brian Sullivan, center, with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and others seated on right, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP) Gov. Andy Beshear, Envision AESC executives and a group of elected officials break ground on the $2 billion, 3-million-square-foot Envision AESC electric vehicle battery technology gigafactory to be constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The Envision AESC gigafactory in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP)