Trump’s Removal of EV Support Could Risk Thousands of Red State Jobs [Video]

According to city history, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was named in honor of the founder’s wife back in the 1790s, but today most Kentuckians just call it “E-town” for short.

That nickname could take on a deeper meaning as the largest economic development project in state history takes shape on former farmland just outside the town’s limits.

A massive complex is near completion along Interstate 65 where thousands of workers will make batteries for electric vehicles at the BlueOval SK facility, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Korean battery maker SK On.

E-town is about to become an EV town.

“Well, it’s changed everything,” Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory told Newsweek from his office.

Gregory’s shelves are full of the decor you’d expect in the mayoral office of a small Kentucky town—gifted bourbon bottles (unopened) and ball caps with …