NC’s high tech, blue collar jobs boom

With Friday’s announcement that Wolfspeed will make semiconductor chips in Chatham County, and previous big announcements by Toyota and VinFast, NC is quickly filling holes in the new economy, with a focus on electric vehicles. A new manufacturing hub is growing in the NC core, bringing jobs and money. It will impact North Carolina’s economy for decades to come.

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