While there are certainly some perks to having a new EV factory move into your neighborhood, some Georgia residents are opposing the upcoming Rivian plant.
Georgia is preparing to build one of the state’s largest economic development projects of all time starting this summer: a 2,200-acre electric vehicle manufacturing plant an hour east of Atlanta in Morgan and Walton counties. But the announcement came as a shock to residents there, and some are mobilizing to voice their concerns or halt it altogether.