With $810 million in facility-specific investment and 1,170 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The battery manufacturing context.
Battery manufacturing has become one of the largest concentrations of new industrial investment in the United States. A network of cell plants is taking shape across the Midwest and Southeast, connecting automakers, battery producers, critical-material suppliers and energy-storage markets. Federal production incentives have accelerated that build-out, while the next test will be whether announced capacity converts into sustained domestic production.
At a glance
- Company
- Envision AESC
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- Florence County, South Carolina
- Investment
- $810.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,170
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Dec 6, 2022
- Opening timeline
- Not yet announced
- Added to tracker
- Aug 23, 2026
Official references
- AESC original Florence gigafactory announcement https://us.aesc-group.com/aescs-investment-in-30gwh-south-carolina-gigafactory-creates-1170-new-jobs-and-cements-the-states-reputation-as-an-automotive-hub/
- AESC current U.S. facilities status https://us.aesc-group.com/facilities/
- South Carolina original project announcement https://www.sccommerce.com/news/envision-aesc-establish-florence-county-electric-vehicle-battery-gigafactory
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