Green Car Congress
JUNE 11, 2020
The X5 xDrive45e is built at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW Group’s largest global production plant. In 2019, the high-voltage battery assembly area at Plant Spartanburg doubled in size in preparation for the new X3 xDrive30e and X5 xDrive45e. 0 to 60 mph acceleration time is 5.3 seconds, 1.2 of towing).
Green Car Congress
JUNE 22, 2018
Volvo Cars revealed the new S60 mid-size premium sports sedan at the company’s new—and first—US manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2017 Volvo Cars was the first global car maker to announce its strategy that from 2019 all new models will be electrified.
Baua Electric
APRIL 22, 2024
In 2019, with the introduction of Uptis, Michelin and GM announced that the automaker would be testing it on the Chevy Bolt EV. The tech has been tested internally at Michelin and has covered more than two million miles, according to the company—and, as an executive said last year, at up to 130 mph with police use in mind.
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