🚖Denso to invest $1 billion in Tenn. to supply EVs, autonomous cars.
Denso Corp. is placing a $1 billion bet that the U.S. auto industry’s future is electric.
The Japanese parts supplier said Friday it will invest that much to expand its factory in Maryville, Tenn., to make components for electrified, connected and self-driving cars. The factory’s customers include the Detroit 3 and Japan-based carmakers, said Bill Foy, senior vice president of engineering for Denso International America.
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