Lansing — The state of Michigan is holding battery manufacturer Gotion Inc. in default of a $175 million taxpayer incentive agreement it promised the company for the construction of a plant on the outskirts of Big Rapids that’s faced legal troubles and political backlash.

The $2.3 billion project, announced in 2022 and billed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration as the largest economic development project in the history of northern Michigan, was expected to create 2,350 jobs in Green Township in Mecosta County.

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