The 12-passenger all-electric Holon automated people mover is displayed May 31, 2024, at JTA's National Automated Vehicle Day. | Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on June 12, 2024 at 2:57 pm
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The Jacksonville City Council agreed Tuesday to offer $7.7 million in incentives to an autonomous vehicle company to build a manufacturing and assembly plant in the city.
The 18-1 vote approved incentives for Project Link, the company’s code name in city documents, to construct a $100 million, 450,000-square-foot plant on about 40 acres in Northwest Jacksonville. The sole no vote came from council member Rory Diamond. The vote constituted final approval of the package.
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The Jacksonville Daily Record reported April 10 that Project Link appears to be Holon, an automotive brand spun off from Germany-based Benteler Automotive Group. The company’s Holon Mover is an autonomous, fully electric vehicle that was presented in early 2023 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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