Ford Says Michigan Battery Plant at Risk If Tax Credits Are Cut
By and Ari Natter
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Ford Motor Co. 's plan to make electric-vehicle batteries at a new site in Michigan would be put at risk if Congress cuts federal incentives for clean energy, the company's chair said.
The plant in Marshall, Michigan — and the 1,700 workers that Ford plans to employ there — would be 'imperiled' if US lawmakers move to eliminate tax credits that support battery producers as part of a broader tax plan moving through congress, Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford said Thursday during remarks at the Mackinac Policy Conference at Michigan's Mackinac Island.
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