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Battery Gigafactory on Hold: Electric Vehicle Market Dilemmas and Customs Tariffs.

Battery Gigafactory on Hold: Electric Vehicle Market Dilemmas and Customs Tariffs.

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June 9th, 2025

Battery Gigafactory on Hold: Electric Vehicle Market Dilemmas and Customs Tariffs.

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Summary🇺🇸 English

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🇵🇹 Português

A Automotive Energy Supply Corp. (AESC), a Japanese entity, has temporarily suspended construction of its $1.6 billion South Carolina manufacturing plant, attributing the cessation to prevailing "political and market indeterminacy," a setback for the projected battery supply chain intended to furnish BMW's electric vehicle endeavors, with Governor Henry McMaster positing that the construction hiatus stems from the prospective forfeiture of federal tax incentives for electric vehicle consumers, concomitant incentives earmarked for firms within the burgeoning EV sector, and lingering tariff ambiguities engendered by the Trump administration's policies.

Notwithstanding the temporary hiatus, AESC has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to fulfilling its contractual obligations, pledging to onboard 1,600 personnel and allocate US$1.6 billion in capital expenditure, having already disbursed US$1 billion towards its Florence-based facility; concurrently, South Carolina sustains its robust investment strategy in the electric vehicle sector, evidenced by Scout Motors (a Volkswagen subsidiary) projecting a US$2 billion investment in a greenfield manufacturing plant dedicated to the production of electric SUVs by the year 2027, whilst a pervasive apprehension lingers regarding the prospective ramifications of Trump's flirtation with elevated tariff regimes on the state's established partnerships with multinational manufacturers of such stature as BMW, Michelin, and Samsung.

June 9th, 2025

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