When electric vehicle maker Rivian announced last month that it will build a $5B assembly plant 50 miles east of Atlanta for its electric SUVs, it was the biggest piece of evidence yet showing how the Southeast has become a hub for the car industry's transformation from combustion engines to electric and hybrid vehicles. 
Over the past few years, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and the Carolinas have seen a host of EV makers, battery manufacturers and other suppliers announce plans to open facilities.“These things kind of started a snowball with Rivian being the big, big one,” said Nathaniel Horadam, a managing consultant with the Center for…  Read the full story here. | 
