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The electric automaker was promised $15 billion of bond proceeds and other incentives to set up shop in Jasper County, Georgia. It can walk away from the state-backed deal up until Monday.
The permit clears land in rural Georgia for redevelopment by the electric vehicle maker, which is separately trying to validate up to $15 billion of bonds.
Georgia authorities and local residents opposed to construction of the new EV production facility are now arguing their case in Georgia's Court of Appeals.
The decision by Ocmulgee Superior Courts Chief Judge Brenda Holbert Trammell questioned the feasibility of the EV maker's project and bonds that would back it.
Local residents filed a bond validation challenge to a $15 billion PILOT offering designed to let electric truck maker Rivian avoid paying property taxes.