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Scout Motors selects South Carolina for first plant; $2B investment, 200k units per year

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Scout Motors, the recently formed independent company backed by Volkswagen Group ( earlier post , is establishing its first manufacturing plant near Columbia, South Carolina, where it will build electric next-generation trucks and rugged SUVs harkening back to the iconic Scout vehicles produced from 1960 to 1980. The state is No.

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State of South Carolina purchases 26 Blue Bird Vision Propane school buses

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The state of South Carolina has purchased 26 new Blue Bird Vision Propane school buses to replace aging diesel buses. Sales of the Vision Propane bus increased 33 percent in 2016 when compared to 2015, said Blue Bird’s Chief Commercial Officer Mark Terry. Equipped with Ford Motor Company’s 6.8L

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BMW sold 15,584 full EVs in US in 2022; 4.7% of total sales

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of total US sales. In the nine months that followed, sales of the all-new electric vehicles increased steadily as inventory levels improved. A third fully electric model, the BMW i7 Sedan, went on sale in late November. In the fourth quarter of 2022, BMW brand sales in the US totaled 101,738 vehicles, a 9.4%

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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. The new plant will make latest generation Volvo models for sale in the United States and for export. The new US plant is part of a medium-term expansion plan to double global sales, boost market share and lift profitability.

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BMW investing more than $200M to add new press shop at Spartanburg plant

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BMW will invest more than $200 million to construct a 219,000-square-foot press shop at its South Carolina plant. Since 1992, the BMW Group has invested nearly $12 billion in its South Carolina operations. Those components include hang-on parts such as the vehicle’s four doors, fenders, exterior body sides, and lift gate.

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ABB expands EV charger manufacturing in US

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ABB E-mobility, a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, today announced new manufacturing operations in Columbia, South Carolina. The United States, along with vehicle OEMs, set the ambitious target that half of all new US vehicle sales are to be electric by 2030.

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BMW M presents Concept XM PHEV

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The series-production model—the BMW XM—will begin production at the end of 2022 at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina; the US is the most important sales market for the new high-performance vehicle.

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