Could Tennessee top Michigan in U.S. electric-car production (if not California)?

First 2018 Nissan Leaf produced at assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, Dec 2017Today, battery-electric cars are built in volume at only three locations across the entire United States. Tesla builds its three different electric models in Fremont, California; the new 2018 Nissan Leaf has just gone into production in Smyrna, Tennessee; and the Chevrolet Bolt EV is built at the Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan. Ford also builds...