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Dec 2023
11m 21s

Why a Vietnamese EV Maker Is Building a ...

The Wall Street Journal
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VinFast, the Vietnamese EV startup, has ambitions to be come a major global carmaker. It started selling its vehicles in the U.S. in March, and its rollout has been troubled since, marked with vehicle recalls and negative reviews. Now, VinFast is taking a big gamble on a manufacturing facility in North Carolina. WSJ reporter Jon Emont joins host Alex Ossola to talk about how VinFast’s gamble might pay off for both the automaker and North Carolina.

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