Vietnamese electrical car maker VinFast has filed for an preliminary public providing in the US, the corporate stated Tuesday. Stocks might be indexed at the Nasdaq below the ticker “VFS.”
VinFast, which was once based in 2017 and started operations in 2019, will convert to a Singapore public restricted corporate for the IPO. The collection of stocks to be introduced and the associated fee vary of the providing haven’t been disclosed.
The EV startup has been pursuing the U.S. marketplace, maximum not too long ago with a show off of four SUVs offered on the LA Auto Display. Over the summer time, VinFast gained $1.2 billion in incentives to construct a manufacturing facility in North Carolina, the place the automaker hopes to start out development vehicles through July 2024. VinFast has even promised a $7,500 discount to doable American consumers that will cling out to shop for an EV eligible for U.S. EV tax incentives.
No date was once given for the IPO, which was once in the beginning slated for This fall of this 12 months. It’s much more likely we’ll see the corporate pass public someday subsequent 12 months, given present marketplace uncertainty.
In contrast to many EV corporations that experience selected to head public thru a special purpose acquisition merger, VinFast has already begun generating and transport cars. The automaker shipped its first batch of 999 cars to the U.S. overdue remaining month.
