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Volvo Cars selects South Carolina for its first US plant

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Volvo Cars has selected South Carolina as the location of its new $500-million factory in the US. Construction will begin in early autumn 2015, with the first vehicles expected to roll off the assembly line in 2018. The new plant will make latest generation Volvo models for sale in the United States and for export.

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University of South Carolina Genesis 2015 Plan To Cut Fleet CO2 Emissions by 90%

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Under its newly-unveiled Genesis 2015 plan, the University of South Carolina will reduce CO 2 emissions from its fleet of vehicles by 90% within five years. A hydrogen hybrid bus will become part of the university’s shuttle service in January.

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

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Bosch has continued to invest in its presence in South Carolina. It also manufacturers safety-related products such as electronic stability control or ESP, an anti-skid technology that is estimated to have saved more than 9,000 lives in the US from 2008-2015 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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Clemson, SC purchases 10 Proterra electric buses

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million riders annually in three Upstate South Carolina counties, including the cities of Clemson and Seneca and the towns of Central and Pendleton as well as four universities, the fare-free CATbus system will have the largest zero-emission fleet in the Carolinas. CATbus purchased the Proterra Catalyst E2 buses in part with $3.9

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

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Benchmark’s view is that lithium, more than any other part of the supply chain, will be the bottleneck for the growth of the battery industry. To put the scale of the lithium challenge into context, more lithium will be needed in 2030 than was mined between 2015 and 2022, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast.

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Safety Institute: auto manufacturers fail to meet NHTSA deadline for replacement airbags

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A study of Vehicle Owner Questionnaires from April through July 2016 shows that the agency has received 155 complaints from consumers with vehicles registered in hot and humid states, who attempted to have their recalled driver and passenger-side airbags repaired, only to be turned away by dealers for lack of parts.

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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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In a new research brief , Pike Research forecasts that wireless charging equipment for light duty plug-in vehicle sales will grow by a CAGR of 91% from 2013 to 2020, as wireless systems move from a retrofit technology to an integrated part of new EVs, reaching annual sales of 283,000 units in 2020. million by 2020.

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