General Motors and Samsung SDI announced plans Tuesday to partner on a $3 billion EV battery plant in the United States that local economic development officials still hope will be built on land near New Carlisle.

GM originally planned to partner with LG Energy Solution on the fourth such battery plant needed to meet its EV production goals. Other locations are in Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee.

But after plans for a fourth plant with LG fell apart, GM started looking for a new partner, which had been rumored to be Samsung SDI for several months.

Read the full story by Ed Semmler in the South Bend Tribune