Dive Brief:
- Siemens picked Texas as the home of its second electric vehicle charger plant, as it works to scale U.S. production to support rising EV adoption.
- The German-based tech company will retool an 80,000-square-foot facility in Carrollton to manufacture its new EV charger VersiCharge Blue, designed to be adaptable to any space, according to the release.
- The new plant is expected to be fully operational by mid-2023 and will help Siemens reach its goal of manufacturing over 1 million EV chargers for the U.S. market over the next three years.
Dive Insight:
The plant selection builds on Siemens' recent announcement to invest $54 million to expand its manufacturing footprint to help support critical infrastructure projects.
The Carrollton plant strategically neighbors company operations that will help expedite bringing the VersiCharge Blue charger to the market, the release said. This includes its Grand Prairie, Texas, manufacturing hub, which develops equipment for critical power infrastructure, as well as an EV charging distribution center in Southaven, Mississippi.
EV research and development has been a focus of Siemens multi-million dollar investment. The company also created an apprenticeship program in partnership with a local technical college to fill jobs at its growing EV charger plant in Wendell, North Carolina.
Siemens said it is in the process of creating 100 new jobs at the Carrollton plant.
“We’re committed to bringing production closer to where it’s needed so we can meet the growing demand for EV chargers quickly while also creating high-skilled, quality manufacturing jobs and supporting regional supply chains,” John DeBoer, head of Siemens eMobility North America, in a statement.
