“It’s no longer the case that people don’t know who Alabama is,” said Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield. “Now they want to know how they can get to Alabama.”
it will start making a hybrid Santa Fe and an all-electric Genesis GV70 later in 2022. The announcement is just the latest in how Alabama’s secretary of commerce believes the auto industry is changing, and how Alabama is playing a role.
”It is over $10 billion in value in terms of exports,” Canfield stated, “and that makes Alabama the second to third largest vehicle exporter in the US.” Canfield believes as more companies look to build cars powered by electricity, Alabama is poised to take advantage. Canfield said the state has “an incredible workforce to draw from. We’ve got affordable land for development. We’ve got close proximity to interstates, and we’ve got a deep water port, right there and Mobile, Alabama really hits a lot of those check marks.”
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