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.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 7, 2023

But the car has also been streamlined in a number of ways that one could argue don’t make for a premium product. But it still seems a little expensive and we don’t know which EV tax credits it’ll be eligible for due to it being produced inside of China. Localized assembly may eventually manifest at Volvo's South Carolina plant.

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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. Production started there in August following software-related delays. The Polestar 3 has a base price of $74,800 that’s under the $80,000 federal tax-credit cap for electric SUVs.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

They’re due to be part of “additional production,” as Polestar put it, that’s due to start at a Volvo plant in South Carolina in “the middle of 2024.” Polestar reports that production has already started in Chengdu, China. production of the 3 would be not just for the U.S. -built versions of the Polestar 3.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Volkswagen Group’s revival of the Scout brand has finally unveiled production-intent concept versions of its two flagship EV models. We know the two flagship models will be built at a new Scout production facility in the US, specifically in South Carolina. The wait is officially over.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In a recent day of up-close time with the South Carolina-made EX90 , set to arrive this fall, Volvo was big on the latter term, and its platform’s origin story rooted in global technology partnerships with Google, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Luminar. And it appears that it will not qualify for the EV tax credit , at least initially.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 16, 2024

Both are owned by Geely, a Chinese corporation, but to get around tariffs on the upcoming Polestar 3, the automaker has moved production of the electric SUV to Volvo’s factory in South Carolina. The Carolina-built Polestar 3 will be sold in the U.S. factories to open eligibility for up to $7,500 in federal tax credits.

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EV Adoption

AUGUST 23, 2021

One of the proposed changes to the federal EV tax credit that has flown a bit under the radar is also one of the most political and protectionist in nature. Effective January 1, 2022, electric vehicles with final assembly* (see definition at the end) in China would no longer qualify for IRC 30D (federal EV tax credit).

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

An SUV for the Polestar Brand Polestar has released three models in America, beginning with their last gasoline-propelled car, the sublime limited production 2021 Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid coupe. All Polestar 3 models sold in the US and Canada are built in Volvo’s manufacturing plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 8, 2024

2025 Volvo EX90 production begins in South Carolina U.S. production of the 2025 Volvo EX90 electric SUV has started in South Carolina, the Swedish automaker reported this week. Kia EV9 production starting last week and Hyundai’s initial U.S.-made The first U.S. made EV now confirmed as the Ioniq 5.

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Plug in America

OCTOBER 28, 2024

billion for the roll-out of 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers across the country, additional funding to support domestic battery and EV manufacturing, and EV tax credits for consumers. Michigan -based auto manufacturers, including GM and Ford, are ramping up EV production in the state and across many of their other facilities.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

The US government has announced wider tariffs on several categories of Chinese goods, including various green products like solar panels and batteries, medical goods, and in particular an increase of tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%. Free trade creates jobs, wealth and economic growth. It’s long but I’d encourage giving it a read.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Production of the LLV officially ended in 1994, with the Postal Service assuming they would have all been replaced after 25 years of operation. Others complained that the new factory (built in Spartanburg, South Carolina) was foolish when Oshkosh could have retooled a preexisting facility.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

GM CEO Mary Barra – Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors In late 2019 Trump effectively nixed an extension of the tax credit for Tesla and GM, which had already reached their 200,000-vehicle caps under the former framework. EV plants Tens of thousands more U.S. Climate Power also points to Texas as a hub for investment.

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