US: State tax credits spark new Michigan li-ion battery plants
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 15 April 2009
Johnson Controls-Saft has announced plans to build its first lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facility in the US after being offered tax credits and incentives from Michigan totalling US$148.5m as part of the state's strategy to become the "advanced battery capital of the world."
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