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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 facility will have initial annual production of around 100,000 cars and be located in Berkeley County, close to Charleston. An important factor in Volvo Cars’ renaissance will be the US market.

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Next generation eSprinter electric van to be built at three plants

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Mercedes-Benz will build the next generation eSprinter electric van, which is based on the newly developed Electric Versatility Platform ( earlier post ), at three locations: North Charleston, South Carolina; and Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde in Germany. We will start production of the eSprinter successively from the second half of 2023.

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BMW Group Plant Spartanburg doubles battery production capacity

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BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina has doubled its capacity for production of high-voltage batteries. This means we could double the number of batteries produced if needed to meet market demand. More than 120 people will be employed in battery production at Plant Spartanburg by the end of the year.

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BMW Spartanburg plant now largest manufacturing facility in the BMW Group production network

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On 23 June 1992, the BMW Group announced its decision to build its US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. During the ceremony to mark the anniversary, the all-new BMW X3 rolled off the production line in Spartanburg. During the ceremony to mark the anniversary, the all-new BMW X3 rolled off the production line in Spartanburg.

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Volvo Cars trucks-to-trains swap significantly cuts emissions in logistics network

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Especially in Europe, where trucks are still ubiquitous in transporting new cars to distribution depots and dealerships in individual markets, the company is in the process of reducing emissions by replacing more and more transports by trucks with rail transport.

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Volvo adding production of next-gen XC90 to South Carolina from 2021

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Volvo Cars announced that the next generation of the XC90 large premium SUV will be built in its new manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina from 2021. The South Carolina plant will start production of the next-generation S60 in the fall of 2018.

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Polestar 3 electric performance SUV to be manufactured in the US

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The forthcoming Polestar 3 will be manufactured alongside new Volvo vehicles at the Volvo Cars production center in Ridgeville, South Carolina. Polestar vehicles built in South Carolina will be for sale in the United States. From now on, the USA is no longer an export market but a home market.