Ford Says Michigan Battery Plant at Risk If Tax Credits Are Cut

Ford Motor Co.’s plan to make electric-vehicle batteries at a new site in Michigan would be put at risk if Congress cuts federal incentives for clean energy, the company’s chair said.

The plant in Marshall, Michigan — and the 1,700 workers that Ford plans to employ there — would be “imperiled” if US lawmakers move to eliminate tax credits that support battery producers as part of a broader tax plan moving through congress, Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford said Thursday during remarks at the Mackinac Policy Conference at Michigan’s Mackinac Island.

“It’s not fair to change policy after all ...