Bosch to invest $200 million to make fuel cell stacks in South Carolina

– Bosch Group stated on Wednesday it's going to make investments greater than $200 million to supply gasoline cell stacks in its South Carolina facility, because the German auto provider accelerates its transition to electrification.

The know-how agency will develop its present Anderson facility to assist gasoline cell manufacturing, which is deliberate to begin in 2026 creating at the very least 350 new jobs.

The gasoline cell stacks produced within the facility will drive hydrogen-powered vans coming to U.S. roads within the subsequent few years, the corporate stated.

The transfer comes because the U.S. Setting Safety Company (EPA) proposes to chop nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy vans of 47% to 60% by 2045, which can drive the business to undertake hybrid and electrical powertrains.

A fuel-cell energy module is a system that generates electrical energy from hydrogen in automobiles and is basically utilized in business automobiles.

Final yr, Bosch signed a cope with electrical truck maker Nikola Corp to construct Bosch fuel-cell energy modules.

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