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Bosch begins electric motor production in Charleston; more than $260M in new investment

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manufacturing facility. The total investment for the expansion will be more than $260 million for the expansion and new high-tech manufacturing equipment. Bosch has continued to invest in its presence in South Carolina. It produces high-pressure fuel injectors and pumps for internal combustion engines.

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Oshkosh selects Spartanburg, S.C. to build next-generation USPS delivery fleet

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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. The USPS selected Oshkosh Defense for the multi-billion-dollar NGDV contract in February 2021 at the end of a competitive process that began in 2015. Earlier post.)

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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Manufacturing the additional 2.7 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. Its equivalently sized facility in South Carolina is projected to cost $1.3 Refined nickel, too, will pose a challenge.

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Volvo Cars cracks 500,000 unit marker in annual global sales for first time

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Volvo Cars sold 503,127 cars worldwide in 2015, the first time it has sold more than half a million cars in its 89-year history. to 70,047 units in 2015. to 70,047 units in 2015. 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.

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US DOE invests $60 million in nuclear energy technology research and training

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According to industry estimates, the US electric power industry will have to replace nearly 100,000 workers—more than 25,000 of them in the nuclear industry—by 2015. These projects fall under three categories: Advanced Methods for Manufacturing (total $1.2 Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling & Simulation.

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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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Although wireless charging for plug-in initially appeared to be mainly a promising technology with no viable market, nearly all of the major EV manufacturers have now announced partnerships to develop wireless charging systems. Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program. million by 2020.

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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Linde currently is operating hydrogen stations also for fuel cell forklifts, notably for the BMW South Carolina plant, where they are dispensing hydrogen—around the clock—at the rate of 700kg/day. Many markets will have 50 stations (Germany, US, and Japan) by the end of 2015 and 100s by 2020.

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