Companies including Lion Electric, Rivian, Navistar, EVBox, Komatsu are all growing in Illinois, because of the state’s thriving EV ecosystem. In Illinois you will find:

Government support

• Reimagining Electric Vehicles (REV) Act provides significant incentives to encourage EV business growth
• Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act puts Illinois on the path to 100% clean energy by 2050
• $70M in Capital Funds are earmarked for EV infrastructure projects
• Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act allows newly established motor vehicle manufacturers to sell directly to the public

A robust automotive and heavy machinery industry

• 4th largest auto employment base in U.S. and two of nation’s top three automakers, Ford and Stellantis
• 816 companies in automotive industry

Supply chain specializing in battery manufacturing, unique EV components and shared vehicle components

• #2 in battery manufacturer locations
• 4th in U.S. in number of locations that manufacture non-battery EV-unique components

Workforce of the future

• Home to 254 higher educational institutions including some of the nation’s top engineering and IT/computer science schools
• Programs such as Heartland Community College’s Electric Vehicle Energy Storage program and Southwestern Illinois College’s Advanced Manufacturing Center training workers
• Illinois’ EV workforce is projected increase by 83% by 2024

Research and development

• Argonne National Laboratory – $1.2B funding to advance U.S. battery manufacturing and EV sectors
• MxD – creating the tools, software and expertise to equip U.S. factories to build more efficiently, less expensively
• Southern Illinois University Automotive Technology program recognized globally

Accelerators, incubators and innovation

• Among top 15% of states in manufacturing R&D
• Illinois Universities spent $271M in engineering research
• 4th most patents in supply electric power to auxiliary equipment of vehicles
• Evergreen Climate Innovations (formerly Clean Energy Trust) is advancing climate tech in the Midwest

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