Nissan may slow a planned ramp-up of electric vehicles made in the U.S. after halting output at a joint venture in Mexico, signaling unease about energy and trade policy under President Donald Trump¡¯s second administration.
The start date and production levels for battery-powered cars to be manufactured at a plant in Canton, Mississippi, will depend in large part on whether Trump and the Republican Congress follow through on vows to scrap a $7,500 tax credit and other incentives for buyers and makers of EVs, according to Ponz Pandikuthira, Nissan¡¯s chief planning officer for operations in the Americas.
¡°If they pull back on the $7,500 credit, we know the rate of adoption is going to slow,¡± Pandikuthira said in an interview. ¡°We certainly don¡¯t want to be in a position of building models there¡¯s no demand for.¡±
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