Japan-based electric vehicle battery manufacturer AESC has broken ground on its new $810 million plant in Florence County, SC. The 1.5-million-square-foot factory is expected to open in 2026, creating 1,170 jobs and furthering the company’s U.S.-based battery manufacturing network which includes a plant already operating in Tennessee and another under construction in Kentucky with up to 70 GWh capacity annually when completed.
At the groundbreaking ceremony Gov. McMaster noted that “Florence County has been ripe for an investment of this magnitude — one that will transform local communities and create generational wealth for South Carolinians” adding that it was a landmark moment “in the evolution of South Carolina’s rapidly expanding electric vehicle industry.”
