Fairport, a community of around 2,370 households which already has 14 electric vehicles in its municipal fleet, was selected for the program due to its heightened interest in driving clean
GM had employed 4,500 people at the factory near Youngstown just two years ago before it began cutting production and eventually in March ended more than 50 years of car manufacturing there, part of a major restructuring plan.
Pivot Power has an extensive portfolio of projects across more than 40 locations throughout the country, and as a unit of EDF Renewables, will allow EDF to boost its battery storage portfolio.
A new all-electric Transit van will be built at Ford's Kansas City plant that currently builds gas-powered versions of the vehicle