ATLANTA — A California-based electric vehicle startup will invest $5 billion in a truck manufacturing plant east of Atlanta that will create 7,500 jobs.
Gov. Brian Kemp touted the Rivian deal Thursday as the largest single economic development project in Georgia history.
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