VOA reports: Remote Washington State Town Becomes Hub for EV Battery Production
![VOA reports: Remote Washington State Town Becomes Hub for EV Battery Production](/content/images/size/w1200/2024/02/Moses-Lake-Battery-Hub-1--2-.png)
Rosendo Alvarado, a Moses Lake native who took a job as a plant manager for Sila Nanotechnologies, says the remote town became an attractive spot for EV production thanks to the combination of several factors: cheap hydro power provided by local dams; existing manufacturing infrastructure and legacy companies, such as REC Silicon that could become a partner in the EV batteries production; and Washington state policies embracing clean energy initiatives.
Watch the video:
![](https://gdb.voanews.com/AB38FB78-8091-4A00-99FC-19A25ACF5373.jpg)