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51% of BMW Group’s electricity worldwide from renewable sources; targeting 100%

Green Car Congress

At the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, a methane gas system provides around 50% of the energy required for production. At the Rosslyn plant in South Africa, the foundation stone for a combined heat and power unit fired by biogas was laid at the end of 2014.

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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

Cars That Think

The 600-acre campus will be one of the biggest economic-development projects in the history of South Carolina. Currently, materials such as nickel, manganese, lithium, and cobalt are sourced from Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, South America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and elsewhere.

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