The Mercedes-Benz all-electric EQS SUV.yet thousands of residents in these states are building them to meet growing demand.
Producing battery packs locally "makes us faster," Wolfgang Maluche, vice president of engineering at Volkswagen of America, told ABC News. "Chattanooga [will] become Volkswagen's hub for electric mobility in the United States." "Demand is going up for EVs and there will be new regulations that mandate sales of them," Tal told ABC News. "Battery production is changing and getting better and more efficient. Any company that sells a significant amount of cars in the U.S. will build battery plants here."
BMW expanded its battery facility at Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina in late 2019, more than doubling its capacity for battery assembly. Higher performing, fourth-generation batteries are assembled on-site for the BMW X5 and BMW X3 plug-in hybrid electric variants and 120 employees were specially trained to work the new line, having completed an extensive program in battery production, robotics and electrical inline quality inspection along with end-of-line testing, BMW said.
The southern shift by automakers and intense focus on EVs has some long-time industry workers worried about their future. EVs take 40% less powertrain assembly hours than a gas-powered vehicle, according to Kumar. Workers with core skills in combustion engine technology would need significant retraining to work in a battery plant, he noted. EVs in general are less complicated to manufacture, are not labor intensive and many parts of the process are automated.
Yes it is true that the real owners of America know where to find cheap unemployed workers is in the South.
BREAKING: You won’t find many paved roads in Alabama and Tennessee in general. Perhaps we should ask these Governors why ?
Don't most people on the backroads of Al and TN roll-coal when they see an EV?
Where do all the old/bad batteries go?
Where does the power to charge all of these electric vehicles come from?
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