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As the global race toward electric vehicles accelerates, mega-factories being built in the U.S. will replace the need to import car parts from overseas. NBC News’ Josh Lederman takes an exclusive look inside an under-construction factory to explain the shift toward electric cars.

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, today announced a more than $2.3 billion investment to build its second battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States. The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

Ultium Cells, the battery three way partnership between Normal Motors and LG Chem’s LG Vitality Answer in Lordstown, Ohio, celebrates the completion of the metal constructing construction after 10-months and 500,000 building construct hours.

Ironworkers at Ultium Cells LLC’s battery cell manufacturing facility marked a construction milestone today with the final beam installation at what will soon be a 2.8-million-square-foot operation in Lordstown, Ohio.

LORDSTOWN — There are 14,000 beams that form the massive steel structure of Ultium Cells LLC’s 2.8 million-square-foot battery-cell manufacturing plant here.