Houghton-based Revex Technologies is poised to receive $145 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of $355 million in grants going to other advanced battery manufacturing projects in Muskegon, Flint and Van Buren Township.

The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce

The Biden administration seeks to increase domestic production of EV batteries with a $3 billion award to U.S. companies.

The funds are among $3 billion being distributed nationally as the Biden administration seeks to dethrone China as the world's top battery maker.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to expand operations at their Moses Lake facility. The company manufactures next-generation battery components for electric vehicles. The funding comes from the $7 billion that Congress allocated in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strengthen domestic battery supply chains.