Gotion battery factory protestors gather in Big Rapids West Michigan

BIG RAPIDS — The crowd was a little thinner than previous events Tuesday, but protesters received plenty of support from passersby who honked in solidarity with the rally against Project Elephant, a plan to bring a Gotion North America electric vehicle battery component manufacturing facility to Green Charter Township in Michigan. Protesters gathered along Northland Drive between Big Rapids and Paris carrying anti-Gotion signs and waving American flags. Gary McCarthy, who stood on the side of the road waving a large American flag, said he is against the whole plant, in general, but it basically comes down to it being…