Jenkins: IRA will redirect EV supply chain capital to North America
Jesse Jenkins · What the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would mean for climatetech · Aug 5, 2022 · at 38:29
Jesse Jenkins explains how the IRA's sourcing rules and manufacturing tax credits will influence global automaker investments.
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“What this bill is going to do is make sure a vast majority of that investment is going to go into the United States, North America, and other free trade agreement countries. And so I think we're going to see a big reorientation of the supply chain”
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