Report: Chinese electric truck manufacturer plans Georgia factory
- by Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Jul 25, 2024
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Chinese electric truck startup Windrose plans to open a manufacturing plant for its fleet of semi-trucks in Georgia, according to Reuters.
Windrose founder and CEO Wen Han told the news outlet Friday it would build its first U.S. factory to assemble truck chassis and other Chinese-made vehicle parts into semi-trucks for the American market. Han did not say how much his company would invest in the U.S., and specifics around the planned factory were scant.
Other media reports said the factory will be located in Savannah, citing the Reuters report, which did not mention a specific site location within Georgia. On July 12, TruckingInfo.com was the first to report Windrose planned to establish assembly plants in Savannah for the U.S. market and Belgium for the European market.
The Savannah area is quickly becoming an epicenter of the stateâs auto manufacturing industry because of Hyundai Motor Groupâs $7.6 billion EV factory in Bryan County, which is likely to open during the fourth quarter of this year.
Trip Tollison, the president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was not aware of Windroseâs project nor what site they could be targeting. A state spokesperson said the state is not involved in this project.
Despite steep tariffs designed to keep Chinese EV makers out of U.S., Han told Reuters that Windrose has 6,400 existing orders for Class 8 EV trucks, with the majority of orders coming from U.S. companies.
âThe U.S. market is friendly towards Chinese heavy electric trucks based on the fact that the tariffs on imported trucks are much lower than those on cars,â Han told the news outlet. âMany of our clients are U.S. firms, for example, Nike ⦠and we can serve them in their home market.â
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