Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2017
On 23 June 1992, the BMW Group announced its decision to build its US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The new BMW X3 will be launched in fall 2017. According to an independent study of University of South Carolina (Moore School of Business), the nationwide economic impact of BMW Group Plant Spartanburg is US$38.5
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Barron is an 18-year veteran of BMW, where he ensured the timely launches of various BMW model lines and managed functional areas in both South Carolina and Germany. Lucid plans to break ground and begin hiring in the first half of 2017. It plans to begin production of the first model in 2018.
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2018
Volvo Cars was the first traditional car maker to commit to all-out electrification in July 2017. Production of the new S60 will start this fall at Volvo Cars’ brand new manufacturing facility outside Charleston, South Carolina. Our future is electric and we will no longer develop a new generation of diesel engines.
Baua Electric
MARCH 29, 2024
Canoo had already acquired what remained of Arrival’s South Carolina facility in January, although what remained at the U.K. Canoo started in 2017 as Evelozcity and was led by several former BMW executives. startup’s core operation was a significant acquisition, taking up more than 20 shipping containers.
CN EV Post
MARCH 17, 2023
Production is also expected to begin by mid-2024 at Polestar's plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina, the automaker said when it unveiled the Polestar 3 last year. Polestar was co-founded by Volvo and Geely in 2017, and the first product, the Polestar 1, was only available in limited quantities and has been discontinued.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2017
The partners will make an additional 174 locations in 33 states available to all EV owners in those markets, and plan to install 50 more in 2017. BMW and Nissan have again joined forces—this time with EVgo, the nation’s largest public DC Fast charging network—to increase public access to DC Fast charging stations across the US.
Baua Electric
MARCH 28, 2024
Davin Fischer, a former mechanic in Renton, who also spoke to the Seattle TV station KIRO 7 , said he noticed a cultural shift starting around 2017, when the company introduced the Max. Boeing increased production from about 42 Max jets a month in early 2017 to about 52 the next year.
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