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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Bosch has begun production of electric motors at its Charleston, S.C. Electric motors from Bosch can deliver anywhere from 50 kilowatts to up to 500 kilowatts with torque ranging from 150 N·m to 1000 N·m. Production of electric motors at the Charleston site began in October. manufacturing facility.
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Green Car Reports
MARCH 5, 2023
Volkswagen's new Scout Motors EV division on Friday confirmed that its first model will be a $40,000 electric SUV to be built at a new $2 billion factory near Columbia, South Carolina.
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Electrek
MARCH 3, 2023
In a Tweet earlier this morning, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has confirmed that Volkswagen Group has chosen the Eastern state as home to its new production facility to build Scout brand EVs.
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Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Bosch on Tuesday announced the start of EV motor production at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility, with expansion plans already on deck for 2023. Production began earlier this month in a 200,000-square-foot section of an existing building at the Charleston site, Bosch said in a press release.
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The Truth About Cars
MAY 28, 2024
Volkswagen will roll out new Scout-branded EVs in the coming years, and its South Carolina factory is well underway. In addition to the hardware it takes to build thousands of new electric vehicles, the automaker is focused on making the site as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible.
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Teslarati
MARCH 5, 2023
The EV division of Volkswagen’s Scout Motors brand officially announced that its first electric vehicle would be a $40,000 SUV. The all-electric Scout SUV will be built in a new $2 billion factory in South Carolina. Scout plans to build trucks and rugged SUVs in its South Carolina factory.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Born again truck brand Scout Motors hit a significant milestone this morning, breaking ground in Blythewood, South Carolina, the site of its future US hub for electric truck production. We’re still a ways away from the public debut of Scout’s flagship model.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Luxury EV startup Lucid Motors has selected Casa Grande, Arizona, as the location for its factory. Barron is an 18-year veteran of BMW, where he ensured the timely launches of various BMW model lines and managed functional areas in both South Carolina and Germany. It plans to begin production of the first model in 2018.
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Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2013
Located in South Carolina, ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC will produce about 1.2 So far, ZF has invested around €300 million (US$399 million) in building the new location, which is around 130 kilometers (81 miles) north-west of Columbia. Manufacturing 8-speed automatics at Gray Court. Click to enlarge. A total of approx.
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InsideEVs
MARCH 3, 2023
Production is expected to begin by the end of 2026 at a new factory that will have a maximum capacity of over 200,000 vehicles a year.
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2013
Tesla Motors announced an accelerated rollout of its Tesla Supercharger network, which delivers quick charging for Tesla Model S drivers over long distances (i.e., Tesla’s vision of the Supercharger network in 2015. Click to enlarge. city-to-city travel), for free. The new technology will be fully rolled out to customers this summer.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 14, 2023
With the decisions for cell production in Canada and a Scout site in South Carolina we’re fast-forwarding the execution of our North American strategy. The decision to expand the PowerCo cell production ramp-up from Europe to Canada is further evidence of the growth strategy of the Group in North America.
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Teslarati
MAY 24, 2024
Redwood Materials is partnering with General Motors to recycle the legacy automaker’s production scraps from its Ohio and Tennessee plants. Together, we’re building America’s battery supply chain,” said Redwood Materials. Together, we’re building America's battery supply chain. billion battery plant in South Carolina.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 19, 2024
One of Rivian’s former suppliers is currently suing the electric vehicle (EV) maker, claiming that it failed to pay a reimbursement clause for cancellations on a contract for electric motors. As part of the partnership, Bosch invested millions of dollars into tooling a factory in Germany, where it first produced the e-motors for Rivian.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 5, 2009
billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. General Motors Corporation.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
Several automakers announced partnerships to advance fuel cell electric vehicles, including Daimler, Ford, and Nissan ( earlier post ); Honda and General Motors ( earlier post ); Toyota and BMW ( earlier post ); and Volkswagen and Ballard Power Systems ( earlier post ). Earlier post.). Many automakers anticipate commercialization by 2017.
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The Truth About Cars
JANUARY 2, 2024
VW announced that it would work with Magna Steyr to develop the vehicles, and it’s working on a new factory in South Carolina, which it said would eventually be able to build 200,000 vehicles a year. Image: Scout Motors via YouTube] Become a& TTAC insider.
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Teslarati
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
although Volkswagen now plans to build the vehicle itself at an upcoming South Carolina plant. South Carolina becomes battery hotbed with $1.6 Magna primarily builds off-road vehicles at the Graz factory, including the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
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Teslarati
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Volkswagen’s Scout Motors Inc. Scout aims to build a new Research and Development (R&D) Center in suburban Detroit, which is expected to create 200 jobs in the area. Scout Motor’s R&D Center in Detroit and its new factory in South Carolina will open simultaneously in 2026.
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Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The Scout production center is still in the construction phase in Blythewood (near Columbia), South Carolina. The Scout Traveler SUV is due in late 2027 What is Scout Motors? Scout Motors is a US-based operation with its headquarters in Virginia, research and development offices in Michigan, and manufacturing in South Carolina.
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Green Car Congress
JULY 6, 2009
a South Korea-based manufacturer of low speed electric vehicles (LSVs) plans to build a range of electric vehicles in the US, beginning with its e-Zone and c-Zone low speed electric vehicles. Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California.
Teslarati
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Volkswagen’s Scout to build $40K electric SUV in South Carolina Scout plans to push its SUV design in the United States first, followed by a full-size pickup truck slated to compete with big EVs already on the market like the Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, and the Ford F-150 Lighting. The German automaker aims to claim 10% of the U.S.
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The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 29, 2024
which would also include the models it builds in South Carolina. The rules also ruffled feathers at Ford Motor Company and General Motors, which were told by the Commerce Department that they would need to stop importing Chinese-built vehicles under the proposal. company with substantial U.S.
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Teslarati
JULY 7, 2024
Rivian launched the next-generation versions of the R1T and R1S last month, featuring the addition of a quad-motor variant, and a number of design simplifications that make them more cost-effective to build. Rivian denies report alleging that R2 may be produced at Volkswagen’s South Carolina plant What are your thoughts?
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Charged EVs
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Build your own microgrid in a few days: Q&A with Paired Power CEO Tom McCalmont As fleet operators know (or soon find out), deploying EV charging infrastructure involves much more than buying some chargers and running some conduit. We put all that together to build the solution. How much power is available at the site?
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Teslarati
MAY 6, 2022
CATL is now moving closer to locking in a plant in the United States, according to an exclusive report from Reuters , which said the Chinese battery maker is now vetting sites in South Carolina and Kentucky. CATL is now in talks to serve BMW AG and Ford Motor Company. I’d love to hear from you!
Baua Electric
MAY 13, 2024
Revived truck brand Scout Motors has set the timetable for the debut of its first-ever EVs. The current iteration of Scout Motors is derived from the beloved nameplate of off-road vehicles built by International Harvester in the ’60s and ’70s. Here’s what we know.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 4, 2020
The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. Methane Mitigation Using Linear Motor Leak Recovery Compressor. Low-Cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Efficiency.
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EV Central
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Scout Motors has pulled the drapes off two close-to-production 4×4 EV concepts, previewing its Traveler wagon and Terra ute ahead of their 2027 debut. US-based Scout Motors is the latest brand created by the Volkswagen Group. It’s a reboot of the American International Harvester brand that sold trucks from 1960 until 1980.
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Baua Electric
OCTOBER 18, 2024
In 2019, Rivian and Bosch signed an agreement to supply e-motors for its electric models, the R1T and R1S. With Rivian now producing its own e-motors, Bosch claims the EV maker was “secretly” planning to replace its product. Bosch also said Rivian “refused” assistance and treated it as “a competitor for e-motors and e-axles.”
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The Truth About Cars
APRIL 21, 2023
The 15,000-square-meter building, located in Trollhattan, is said to be focusing on the brand’s powertrain development. Automobilwoche , and Western-counterpart Automotive News , reported that the site will first attempt to tackle the all-electric motors going into the Polestar 5 (a rival for the Tesla Model S) and the Polestar 6 roadster.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 16, 2015
With a total system output of 230 kW/313 hp generated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology, a synchronous electric motor integrated in the 8-speed Steptronic transmission, and a 9.0 The electric motor puts an output of 83 kW/113 hp on tap, with maximum torque of 250 N·m (184 lb-ft). Production.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2009
The project will include vehicles and fueling infrastructure for electric, hybrid-electric, compressed natural gas, propane, E85, and biodiesel fuels and technologies to be deployed throughout North Carolina and South Carolina. To support the vehicles, 35 propane refueling stations will be constructed.
The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 27, 2024
Tesla’s lawsuit targeted the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission and the Louisiana Automobile Dealers Association, saying that the groups aimed to drive it out of the state. Alabama, South Carolina, New Mexico, and others have direct sales bans, and many also prohibit the automaker’s service model. The 5th U.S.
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Baua Electric
AUGUST 28, 2024
At the time of publication, his LinkedIn profile listed him as head of the International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers trade group. 2025 Polestar 3 production at Volvo plant near Charleston, South Carolina – Aug. 2025 Polestar 3 production at Volvo plant near Charleston, South Carolina – Aug.
Baua Electric
JUNE 26, 2024
Volvo already announced plans to build the EX30 in Ghent, Belgium, to meet the demand, but not until 2025. It’s available in both Single Motor and Twin Motor Performance options. The Single Motor EX30 features up to 275 miles range, while the AWD drive model gets up to 265 miles.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2010
ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Clemson Univ.,
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Baua Electric
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
Every Polestar model to date has been manufactured in China , but the 2025 Polestar 3 is assembled at a South Carolina plant shared with Volvo. Polestar 3 deliveries The Polestar 3 is a platform-mate of the Volvo EX90, which is built at the same South Carolina plant. Building cars in the U.S.
Baua Electric
AUGUST 28, 2024
Polestar 3 (Source: Polestar) “Polestar has already established itself as one of the most desirable and innovative brands in the electric vehicle space, and I look forward to working with the talented team to build on this strong foundation and accelerate our development,” he wrote. It will start at $56,300 with up to 300 miles range.
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Baua Electric
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Although the Polestar 3 has been on sale in the US, it’s only been available in Long-range Dual Motor variants. The new Long range Single motor model starts at $67,500 with up to 350 EPA-estimated miles driving range. That’s a considerable jump from the Long range Dual motor model with up to 315 miles range, starting at $73,400.
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Baua Electric
APRIL 9, 2024
BMW currently gets its batteries from five sites globally, and it plans to build next-gen EV batteries in South Carolina, Mexico, Hungary, and China. BMW’s Neue Klasse will include its sixth-gen eDrive motors and round battery cells to enhance efficiency and range. The new models are expected to begin rolling out in 2025.
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Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 25, 2023
The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030.
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Baua Electric
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
VW’s electric adventure truck spinoff, Scout Motors, will reveal its first vehicle on October 24. Building not only cars but a company and factory from the ground up can certainly feel like a herculean task, but what we’ve learned these past few years is quite simple. They have to be in order to credibly don the Scout badge.
Revenge of the Electric Car
OCTOBER 25, 2008
A perfect example is the licensing of AC Propulsion ’s core electric drive technology to Tesla Motors for use in their beautiful Tesla Roadster. The lithium-ion storage unit will have a maximum capacity of 35 kilowatt hours (kWh) and transmit energy to the electric motor as direct current at a nominal 380 volts. second range.
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