Following up on last week's news that Tritium, an Australian EV charger manufacturer that actually builds stuff in Australia, is running out of money and might shut down their Brisbane factory has formally announced it is shutting down the Brisbane factory. A team of around 200 people in R&D will remain in Brisbane, but there will be layoffs and cost cutting in the sales and admin side of the Australian located business. Manufacturing of EV chargers will now be centralised in Lebanon, Tennessee, where Tritium was kinda forced to build a factory because in order for their chargers to be eligible for very juicy US government incentives on offer to buyers, the chargers have to made in the USA. Smart move for the yanks, but sucks for us. The big question I have is where will politicians looking for a photo opportunities go now?
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