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
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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