No, not the lead battery folks in Georgia (USBMC), but rather lithium batteries for EVs. One of the examples below was planning to set up in Georgia, though.
----- "Over the past few years, electric vehicle manufacturing facilities producing lithium batteries, car parts and critical minerals sprang up all over the United States ... Drawing on cash and tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act ... "According to data from Atlas Public Policy, a policy research group, more projects were canceled in the first quarter of 2025 than in the previous two years combined. [...] "... companies that had invested in manufacturing American EV parts are now pulling back and canceling projects. In an earnings call in February, Aspen Aerogels, the company behind the $1 billion [battery thermal barrier] factory in Georgia, announced that it was canceling the facility and shifting manufacturing to an existing U.S. factory and to Mexico and China. "China is at 50 percent EV penetration already," Ricardo C. Rodriguez, the chief financial officer and treasurer of Aspen Aerogels, said on the call, saying the shift to China was a 'no-brainer.' [...] "Before the closures, the United States was on track for producing almost all the batteries needed for the country´s electric cars and trucks by 2030, according to an analysis from research firm Rhodium Group. [...] "Even projects that are moving forward are downplaying or reducing the role of all-electric vehicles. Hyundai´s multibillion-dollar manufacturing plant in Savannah, Georgia, recently announced a switch from making only EVs to also producing hybrids." Full story (not paywalled, but requires javascript to view): https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-stunning-number-of-electric-vehicle- battery-factories-are-being-canceled/ar-AA1ChG3s Shortcut URL: https://cntp.me/xWdkU4A David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = In every country, they make fun of city. In US you make fun of Cleveland. In Russia, we make fun of Cleveland. --Yakov Smirnoff = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
