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Forsyth County commissioners voted Thursday to approve a $944,006 economic incentive package for a new John Deere manufacturing facility in Kernersville, which will lead to the creation of 151 full-time jobs over the next five years.

The new facility will be an electric battery plant and North American headquarters. John Deere Electric Powertrain LLC has said it would make an approximately $70 million capital investment to produce lithium-ion battery systems for mostly off-road vehicles used at construction sites and remote agricultural areas.

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