Wisconsin manufacturers have a “tremendous opportunity” to become a critical epicenter of the global supply chain for electric vehicles (EV), but only if bold public/private investments are made over the next few years, according to a report released today by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

“Wisconsin’s automotive manufacturing sector is one of its greatest economic assets,” employing more than 92,000 workers in communities throughout the state, notes the report from SRI International for WEDC.

The report concludes that for Wisconsin to stay competitive as the world transitions from internal combustion engines (ICEs) to electric vehicles and electrically powered technologies, the sector must keep pace and reinvent itself to become part of the growing EV supply chain.

Read more at WEDC.org.