Project Grant DEMS0000082

Award Date 1/15/25
Completion Date 12/31/25
Dollars Obligated $788M
Funding Federal Agency
Department of Energy
Awarding Federal Agency
National Energy Technology Lab
Federal Grant Program
81.253
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Belvidere, IL 61008, USA

INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) -DARE FORWARD: FCA US CONVERSION OF BELVIDERE ASSEMBLY PLANT TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE ASSEMBLY COMPLEX FOR ELECTRIFICATION, THE PROJECT ASPIRES TO RECONFIGURE THE BELVIDERE ASSEMBLY PLANT (BVAP) LOCATED IN BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS. THIS FACILITY IS TRANSITIONING FROM PRODUCING TRADITIONAL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES (ICE) VEHICLES TO MANUFACTURING CUTTING-EDGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV). THE PROJECT ENCOMPASSES SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO BVAP'S INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OF EV TRUCKS.

Posted 1/17/25, 12:00 AM