> Daimler Truck North America said Friday it will spend $40 million to build a new electric vehicle engineering facility at its Swan Island headquarters, choosing Portland over two other sites it had considered. The company said it will also build a new $3 million Portland training facility.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/05/daimler-picks-portland-for-40-million-electric-truck-engineering-site-new-training-facility.html

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Daimler picks Portland for $40 million electric truck engineering site, new training facility

The German company has indicated the project will add 150 jobs. It had been considering two alternate locations.

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