Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2023

The company has completed production of 200 demonstration tires and is pursuing joint evaluation with automakers for use on the next generation of electrified SUVs and crossovers (CUVs). The company is targeting commercial production of guayule-derived natural rubber by the end of the decade.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Oshkosh Defense has selected Spartanburg, South Carolina to be the home of its efforts to build the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) for the US Postal Service. Production of the NGDVs is expected to begin summer 2023. Earlier post.) The NGDV is the USPS’ first large-scale fleet procurement in three decades.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Many trials with OEM vehicles have started up in 2012, and at least one vendor—Evatran, which markets its products under the marque “Plugless Power”—intends to bring a system to market in the first half of 2013. Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

This partnership also will see Clemson engage ArborGen in the Bioenergy Collaborative, an interdisciplinary team investigating commercial bioethanol production in South Carolina. The public-private partnership represents all aspects of the cellulosic bioethanol fuel cycle, from feedstock through production and distribution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Production of nickel-cobalt-metal battery cells and packs, as well as production of battery separators (by partner Entek) for hybrid and electric vehicles. Production of manganese oxide cathode / graphite lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. Production of high-volume battery packs for the GM Volt. .

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The hybrid sweetgum trees have enormous potential for the production of bioenergy and paper, said Scott Merkle, a professor in UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. The tests showed these new hybrids outperform either of the parent species by 20% in both growth rate and wood density.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

For example, a project led by the University of South Carolina will develop an advanced nuclear fuel that operates at lower temperatures and stores less energy—helping further improve reactor safety and efficiency. Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling & Simulation. million to support its project partners.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

We will phase out cars with only an internal combustion engine, with petrol hybrid versions as a transitional option as we move towards full electrification. 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

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.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A recently-shot 360-degree footage of Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility hints at what could very well be an upcoming revolution in electric vehicle production. More importantly, however, the footage shows just how integrated the company’s EV production in Gigafactory Texas would be.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Hyundai began leasing its first series production fuel cell electric vehicle at select dealerships in Southern California. Deployments and orders for fuel cells for telecommunications backup expanded into the Middle East, China, the Philippines, and other international markets. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

The company has begun production of its third model, the Polestar 3 SUV, in Chengdu, China. Importantly for US buyers, production is also slated to begin in South Carolina in mid-2024. The company has successfully completed a production test series at its Carolina plant.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Clemson is a leading public research institution in South Carolina. The University’s International Center for Automotive Research brings together world class faculty, state-of-the art facilities, and graduate students to lead basic and translational research with an emphasis on industry relevance.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2014

Isolated droplet combustion experiments performed on the International Space Station (ISS) by a team of international researchers have revealed a new type of cool-burning flames. The resulting combustion reaction creates toxic products, such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde, which in turn burn off. Hicks, Paul V.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Once completed, the facility in Big Rapids is expected to produce 150,000 tons of cathode material per year, covering an area estimated to span 260 acres with plans to build two 550,000 square foot production plants along with other supporting facilities. Founded in 1998 and based in Hefei, China, Gotion High-tech Co. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

TWh of batteries needed by 2030 will require $201 billion and the midstream production of battery materials will take the remaining $93 billion. The amount is just a fraction of the estimated $35 trillion needed to be spent on the energy transition by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2015

As part of its continuous optimization of production processes at its plants, the BMW Group is leveraging the opportunities arising from digitalization (i.e., For the automotive manufacturer, digitalization opens up new perspectives with regard to the advancement of innovative and people-oriented production systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2020

The X5 xDrive45e is built at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW Group’s largest global production plant. liter 6-cylinder TwinPower turbocharged internal combustion engine (replacing the previous generation’s 2.0 120 people currently work on the battery assembly line.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2016

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. In coming years, Volvo’s larger 90 series and 60 series cars will be built on its Scalable Product Architecture (SPA).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Topic Area 2: High-value products from waste and/or other undervalued streams in an integrated biorefinery. Under Topic Area 1 (DOE selection): Thermochemical Recovery International Inc. Currently, the syrup content is used for biogas production and as the solid fuel for boilers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2009

The e-Zone Electric Vehicle (EV) is a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV) that passes international crash test standards and will be one of the vehicle types CT&T will produce for the US market. Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California. Click to enlarge.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 17, 2023

The Polestar 3 will be on display at the Shanghai auto show next month, and the model will go into production at Polestar's plant in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in the middle of this year, Polestar said today. At that point, the US will serve as the main supply location for North America and other markets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

will develop a conceptual design of a MWe-class SOFC power system and complete a techno-economic analysis to demonstrate that the system can meet a cost target of no more than $6,000 per kilowatt electric (kWe) at low-volume production levels. FuelCell Energy Inc. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $375,001; Total Value: $1,875,001.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Redwood plans to directly work with BMW Group’s network of 700 locations, including dealerships, distribution centers, and internal facilities, to recover end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. It aims to help localize battery production in North America by providing the necessary materials to produce cells.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In 2015, the company admitted to cheating on emissions standards through the use of its “clean diesel” products , and it later paid out over $9.5 Today, the automaker still hasn’t rebounded to pre-pandemic production levels across vehicle segments in Germany. billion in settlement money to vehicle owners.

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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. The original International Harvester Scouts were built for about two decades before being discontinued in 1980.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2016

REFUEL projects will convert low-cost renewable energy into a transportable chemical fuel and use these fuels for transportation applications, while reducing production costs and environmental impact. Many projects seek to overcome these limitations to enable economically competitive, distributed production of this prototypical CNLF.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

To provide a cost assessment study that demonstrates the stack can achieve the automotive stack production cost below the target of 50 €/kW for an annual production rate of 50,000 units. With this step the capability of serial production will also be demonstrated. Sehkyu Park, Jong-Won Lee, Branko N. 2011.12.148.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

No driving these two hand-built prototypes (they looked nearly production ready) as their release date will be “in late 2027.” The Scout production center is still in the construction phase in Blythewood (near Columbia), South Carolina. Pretty simple. Service also will be digitized. Scout will do that.”

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

While the vehicles shown will change, Scout executives suggested that what the assembled fans, owners, and reporters saw was 85 to 90 percent of the production vehicles. Scout prices will start at roughly $60,000 before incentives, and the company targets initial production in 2027. Will Harvester EREVs get plugged in?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2010

OBE seeks to use all of the barley grain for ethanol and co-products. Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is a Virginia-based company that will use regional grain, primarily winter barley, to produce ethanol and high value co-products for East Coast markets via a fairly conventional pathway of converting starch to sugar, followed by fermentation.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

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. While only about 530,000 Scout trucks were built during its 20-year production run, the early Jeep competitor still holds a small but passionate fanbase. Here’s what we know.

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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. in South Carolina earlier this month.

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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. It’s a reboot of the American International Harvester brand that sold trucks from 1960 until 1980. US-based Scout Motors is the latest brand created by the Volkswagen Group.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Magna already handles Fisker Ocean production, making it a somewhat natural choice as a partner for Scout. The location will also work with Scout’s production facility in South Carolina, which is currently under construction. The facility will be located in Novi, around 30 miles from Detroit.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Swedish electric performance carmaker Polestar recently announced that it has secured $950 million in external funding from a group of international banks. Polestar is currently expanding its product portfolio with two high-margin SUVs, the Polestar 4 and Polestar 3. The funding was announced by Polestar in a press release.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Graham noted that all three modes “ are presented as concepts” and that “ we look forward to sharing detailed software features as we get closer to production.” Scout Terra concept Scout unveiled concept versions of the Traveler and Terra last week that the automaker says are 85% accurate to the production models.

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