RIDGEVILLE, SC — Volvo will build its own U.S. battery assembly plant as it readies a line of electric vehicles for the market. The expansion is part of a previously announced $600 million project by the Swedish automaker, which includes a second production line and Volvo Car University.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen of America has started construction on its $800 million electric vehicle production facility here that will include battery pack assembly.
GERMANY— Volkswagen Group started manufacturing its ID.3 electric car this month. This is the company’s first electric car based on its Modular Electric Drive Toolkit or MEB platform.
YOKOHAMA, Japan--Nissan announced yesterday that the company has sold its 300,000th Nissan LEAF globally since the model first went on sale in 2010. The 100-percent electric LEAF is the world's first mass-produced, and also the world's best-selling, electric car. Nissan launched a fully redesigned version of the LEAF in September 2017.
AUBURN HILLS, MI—FEV North America Inc., an engineering firm specializing in the design of gasoline, diesel and alternative engines, will construct a new, $27.4 million headquarters and tech center here. The project is expected to create 246 jobs.
STUTTGART, Germany—Daimler is planning to invest more than 7 billion euros over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.
OAK RIDGE, TN—Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a 20-kilowatt wireless charging system for electric vehicles. The system is said to be three times more efficient than plug-in systems.
GARDENA, CA—Faraday Future, an electric-car company that is modeling itself after Tesla Motors, is searching for a location for its first assembly plant. Four states—California, Georgia, Louisiana and Nevada—are in the running for the $1 billion factory.
