In 2017, Proterra, an upstart manufacturer of all-electric transit buses, opened an assembly plant near Los Angeles to considerable excitement. Edison International, which owns Southern California’s largest utility, invested in the facility. The state’s energy commission gave the company a significant grant, and then-Governor Jerry Brown attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Not only would replacing diesel buses help the state achieve its decarbonization goals, Brown said, but assembling their replacements in the aptly named City of Industry would create hundreds of new jobs.

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