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VinFast Plant

Vinfast

Chatham County, NC, USA

-79.04138889, 35.66055556

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 34

Additional Information:

Sector: EVs

Activity: Manufacturing

Product: EVs


Project Announcement Date: 3/29/2022

Target for Starting Production: 2028

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 150000 EVs

Current Annual Production: None EVs

Operating Status: Paused


Target Jobs: 7500

Capital Investment: $4000 million

Congressional District: Republican

Government Subsidies:

Local/State: $1300 million

Selected Sources:

“VinFast to build EV factory in North Carolina”, VinFast, 28 Mar 2022. 🔗


“VinFast to build EV factory in North Carolina”, VinFast, 28 Mar 2022. 🔗


“VinFast receives $1.2 billion in incentives for US manufacturing hub in North Carolina”, VinFast, 13 Jul 2022. 🔗


“VinFast delays US electric vehicle plant operation to 2025”, Reuters, Reuters, 10 Mar 2023. 🔗


“VinFast’s Bumpy Road in North Carolina”, Cato Institute, 20 Mar 2024. 🔗



“EV maker VinFast slashes full-year sales target by 20% as U.S. factory is delayed”, Nguyen Kieu Giang, Fortune, 13 Jul 2024. 🔗


“VinFast pushes its NC plant opening to 2028, four years later than first planned”, Brian Gordon, AOL.com, 13 Jul 2024. 🔗


Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

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