This 1926 cover shows a wooden stave pipe under construction in northern California. The 16-ft-dia, 1,318-ft-long conduit connected two concrete-lined tunnels at a hydroelectric plant on the Klamath River.
Japan auto giant's new EV battery plant will be the third in Ontario—in addition to a Volkswagen facility in St. Thomas to start construction in 2025 and a Stellantis-LG plant in Windsor under way since last year.
The funding agreement with the U.S. Commerce Dept. was contingent on the company's recently announced pledge to invest $50 billion in the plants over the next five years.