If by assembled you mean the tires put on, the batteries installed and the roofs attached, yes they are assembled in SC. The come in off the boat from China in small crates, mostly pre-built with non-American labor. There's a huge difference between assembly and building. The body parts and the frames, which take the intensive time to build, are from someplace where American citizens are not being paid wages. Just because GSA says you can call it American Made, the get around is to to the mimimum assembly percentage required to make it.
I'm not anti-Star, I've worked on them and the curtis controller is a commonly available component like many other manufacturers. Body parts or chassis components get to be the issue in acquiring in a timely fashion.
From their own website: ... often travels with Jun to China to make product improvements and source new products.
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