Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2015

Volvo Cars has selected South Carolina as the location of its new $500-million factory in the US. Once completed, Volvo will be able to manufacture cars on three continents, underscoring its position as a truly global car maker. An important factor in Volvo Cars’ renaissance will be the US market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

BMW will invest more than $200 million to construct a 219,000-square-foot press shop at its South Carolina plant. The Schuler Group , a globally-recognized company that manufactures automated servo press lines for all BMW Group plants, will also manufacture the automated press line for Plant Spartanburg.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

ZF Group has received several large-scale orders worth several billion euros from North American vehicle manufacturers for its automatic 8-speed PowerLine transmission—including the largest individual commercial-vehicle-related order in company history. In 2023, production will start in Gray Court, South Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

manufacturing facility. We have grown our electrification business globally and here in the North American region. We’ve invested more than $6 billion dollars in electromobility development and in 2021 our global orders for electromobility surpassed $10 billion dollars for the first time. methods to gain more efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

Globally, the battery industry needs to invest at least $514 billion across the whole supply chain to meet expected demand in 2030, and $920 billion by 2035, according to a new analysis by Benchmark. Manufacturing the additional 2.7 Global investment in technologies to help the energy transition reached a record $1.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2023

In 1994, ZF launched production-synchronized supply of complete front axle systems for the BMW Z3 Roadster at its assembly location in Duncan, South Carolina. Today, ZF delivers individually tuned front and rear axles to automotive manufacturers throughout the world. billion) in 2023.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

EV-centric brand Polestar just announced it will cut hundreds of jobs in its global workforce in order to lean down and reduce spending, as it looks to bolster sales of its upcoming Polestar 3 and 4 models without relying on additional funding from parents Geely and Volvo Cars. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

On 23 June 1992, the BMW Group announced its decision to build its US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. From 2018 to 2021 we will invest further 600 million US dollars in manufacturing infrastructure for future generations of the BMW X models. The BMW Group produces BMW X models in Spartanburg for the US and global markets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2023

During a 16 February briefing with media and industry analysts in Tokyo, Bridgestone Global CEO Shuichi Ishibashi said that the company is pursuing a tire design utilizing 90% recycled and renewable materials for passenger cars. The tires contain a multitude of materials derived from recycled and biobased feedstocks.

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Proterra an American leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology has announced its plans to open a new EV battery system manufacturing plant in South Carolina to manufacture battery systems for commercial electric vehicles. s climate leadership on a global scale. Henry McMaster. .

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Mercedes-Benz will build the next generation eSprinter electric van, which is based on the newly developed Electric Versatility Platform ( earlier post ), at three locations: North Charleston, South Carolina; and Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde in Germany. Mercedes-Benz is investing around €350 million in the next generation eSprinter.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion in its US operations, including $1 billion to prepare for the production of electric vehicles at the company’s Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly facility in nearby Woodruff, SC. The BMW Group will invest $1.7 BMW Group Plant Spartanburg. Earlier post.)The

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Compared to conventionally manufactured aluminum, this approach can save around 70% of CO 2 emissions. The planned supply volumes will be used exclusively in vehicle production at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, in body components such as the hood, for example.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2016

Volvo reported strong sales from all three core global regions. of total global volume. It is also an endorsement of the company’s new product strategy, with global sales boosted in the later stages of 2015 by the new XC90 SUV. Volvo will also implement a global small car strategy with its Compact Modular Architecture (CMA).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Albemarle Corporation, a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty chemicals, has entered into a manufacturing agreement to supply base oils to Novvi SA, a joint venture between Amyris, Inc. and Cosan S.A.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2022

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) said in March 2021 that it would invest $5 billion into potential electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing sites in North America. The reports follow CATL’s plans to spend $5 billion in North America to establish a massive cell plant capable of manufacturing 80 gigawatt-hours annually.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 26, 2024

Rivian has been slashing costs, redesigning its manufacturing process and starting to build some parts in-house, but it’s still burning through cash (Reuters reports that the company’s cash and short-term investments fell by about $1.5 billion in the first quarter to just under $8 billion).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

Last month, Volvo Cars reinforced its electrification strategy, by stating that it aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its global sales by 2025. Production of the new S60 will start this fall at Volvo Cars’ brand new manufacturing facility outside Charleston, South Carolina. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2014

BMW plans to invest US$ 1 billion in the company’s South Carolina plant, boosting annual production capacity by 50% up to 450,000 vehicles by the end of 2016. In addition to the X3, X5, X6, and the new X4, we are today announcing another all-new, larger X model to be manufactured exclusively at this plant for our world markets: the X7.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

This large tariff has had the effect of excluding most Chinese autos from the US market, as it’s easier to export to countries with lower tariffs first. Both companies are owned by Geely, but still headquartered in Sweden, with manufacturing in various parts of the world depending on model. We imagine more info will come on that soon.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the US continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

However you break it down, the Fremont Factory’s manufacturing prowess showed its domination in 2021, as it was the most productive automotive factory in the United States in 2021, outpacing Toyota, BMW, and Ford factories that have long created the most robust figures of car production in previous decades. 85 cars per minute.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

We’re just starting to write a new chapter for Volkswagen in America, and it is very much an American story,” Thomas Schäfer, Chairman of the global Volkswagen brand, said. market and globally.”. 4 for the North American market.”. 4, at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 4 electric flagship rolling off the lines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Created with the mission to build cleaner, more efficient engines, Achates Power has an experienced staff of engineers and scientists working with leading engine manufacturers to bring the opposed piston engine to market. Clemson is a leading public research institution in South Carolina. Aramco Americas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

concluded an agreement to acquire certain assets and the membership interests of Continental Diesel Systems US, LLC, to manufacture key fuel injection components for Navistar MaxxForce diesel engines. Housing our advanced manufacturing technology team near the R&D campus will be a key differentiator for Pure Power Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

Volvo Cars revealed the new S60 mid-size premium sports sedan at the company’s new—and first—US manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. The combined car launch and factory opening reinforce Volvo Cars’ commitment to the US, an important market for the company and its new premium sports sedan.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 13, 2023

As BYD involves the fore globally, it is helping to tighten China’s clutch on merchandise which can be an important to the power transition because the fraught dynamics of monetary statecraft ramp up political tensions. 1 globally. You don’t need to go to every market — you only go to the market you feel is ready,” she mentioned.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

The announcement was made during the Clinton Global Initiative ’s (CGI) fifth annual meeting in New York City. The joint commitment represents more than 10,000 vehicles and potential revenues of at least $600 million for manufacturers who can produce viable plug-in electric vehicles. FPL Group, Inc. The initiative will begin 1 Jan.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

These projects, selected through a highly competitive process by the Department of Energy (DOE), are intended to accelerate the development of US manufacturing capacity for batteries and electric drive components as well as the deployment of electric drive vehicles. East Penn Manufacturing Co. Industry officials expect that this $2.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

In June, Plug In Carolina selected AeroVironment to supply, install and support a network of public electric vehicle stations in seven South Carolina cities. Coulomb’s industry partners products include: Leviton: Level I and II residential and public charging stations for the US and Canada EV market. Source: Ecotality.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. A 500-unit, limited-production MINI E series will be manufactured through the end of 2008.

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