Daimler will avoid high import tariffs by building the Sprinter in North America.
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March 3, 2015 – 8:29 pm ET
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) — Daimler AG is set to announce it will build Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans at its plant in South Carolina and add 1,200 jobs there as a result, a state politician said on Tuesday.
State Rep. Chip Limehouse, a Republican from Charleston, said officials in North Charleston, S.C., told him the German automaker will announce the plans on Friday. The plant is located in Ladson, near Charleston.
“They’ll be using U.S. parts and assembling the entire vehicle here in North Charleston,” Limehouse told Reuters. “This will be a 100 percent American-made automobile.”
