At least 24 factories have been set up in the United States to produce electric cars that are eligible for the credit, including a Ford factory that makes plug-in hybrids in Louisville, KY., And a general battery plant in Ohio, according to Ohio, A study by Atlas Public PolicyA research agency.
Near Savannah, Ga., Hyundai invested in a $ 7.5 billion factory to build some of the most popular models for electric vehicles that are eligible for consumer credit. Local politicians, who convince Hyundai for years to come to the site, are concerned about possible changes to the law.
“It is difficult for a company to invest somewhere and then the conditions change,” says Bert Brantley, Chief Executive of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce. “So our view is that some consistency is useful for companies because they make large investments.”
Yet Mr Brantley said that he hoped that Georgia could remain a leader in the production of electric vehicles, regardless of what happens to the tax credits. “This is a long -term game, we hope to be busy with it for a long time,” he said.
Other energy technologies in Limbo
In the past three years, the federal government has also supported a wide range of emerging energy technologies that are less mature, including low -carbon hydrogen fuel that can make trucks, new processes to make cement and steel without emissions, as well as technologies to remove carbon dioxide.
Many of these projects may be eligible for tax benefits in the inflation reduction law. Others are supported by billions of dollars in subsidies and loans from the Ministry of Energy.
In West -Minnesota, DG Fuels is planting a $ 5 billion factory to produce aviation fuel through agricultural waste. In Indiana, Heidelberg Materials, a cement maker, wants to capture the carbon dioxide that it broadcasts and buried underground. In Louisiana, a company is planning to make a low -carbon ammonia that can be used for fertilizer.
New Orleans, which has become an important hub for exporting natural gas, has seen a flowering in new industries such as carbon collection and hydrogen that can help to reduce emissions in the future. “We are very diversified,” said Michael Hecht, president of Greater New Orleans, Inc., the Economic Development Agency for Southeast -Louisiana.
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