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BASF to increase capacity to recycle precious metals from spent catalysts; TWCs from autos

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BASF is expanding its Seneca, South Carolina Platinum Group Metals (PGM) refining facility. This investment further strengthens our global leadership position in the spent automotive catalyst recycling market. Recycled metal has as much as 90% lower CO 2 emissions than metal from primary mines.

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Polestar 3 production kicks off in China, US builds will soon follow

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The third bespoke model, which is also Polestar’s first electric SUV, has a lot riding on its success in multiple markets. It will be the first SUV from Polestar ($PSNY) and its first model built on US soil – South Carolina, to be exact. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

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During the pandemic, Volkswagen fell behind in the Chinese auto market as companies like BYD, Nio, and Tesla took over, with the competition nearly doubling the market’s EV and hybrid offerings (via Bloomberg ). Volkswagen’s Scout to build $40K electric SUV in South Carolina What are your thoughts?

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Volkswagen’s Scout Motor CEO teases details on upcoming electric vehicles 

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Scout Motor is expected to help Volkswagen break into the United States electric pickup truck market, but it doesn’t want to stop there. Last week, the company broke ground on its $2 billion South Carolina assembly plant. The company is also developing an all-electric SUV.

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Tesla’s Fremont Factory was the most productive auto factory in the U.S. in 2021

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For comparison, Toyota’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky built 8,427 cars per week, BMW’s facility in South Carolina managed 8,343 units per week, and Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan hub managed just 5,564 vehicles weekly. 2020 and 2021 were arguably the darkest years of the global automotive market in recent memory.

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Study: tightening vehicle emissions standards resulted in higher rates of automaker non-compliance; unintended effects of threshold-based regulations

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A new study focused on the auto industry finds that tightening emissions standards not only fails to curtail on-road emissions, but actually increases the likelihood of non-compliance by automakers. This phenomenon isn’t limited to the auto industry. The main issue here is that the EU is using a straightforward cutoff standard.

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Genesis is quietly outpacing luxury rivals as EV availability expands into new states

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Genesis is making a name for itself in the US luxury market with a bold style and high-quality design. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. The post Genesis is quietly outpacing luxury rivals as EV availability expands into new states appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.