Automotive / EV
The Columbia region is paving the path for automotive production excellence. Our community has experienced a swell of innovation in recent years, thanks to one of the largest announcements in our history – Scout Motors – and forward-thinking educators, building on a strong foundation paved by longtime automotive supplier operations that have helped tune the industry in for growth.
- Longstanding presence of suppliers for major automotive brands with room for growth
- Centrally-located to major OEMs around the state, like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo
- Home of the first production facility for American icon and electric vehicle manufacturer Scout Motors
major automotive / EV
Revolutionary electric vehicle trucks + SUVs
Commercial truck software + hardware
Heavy truck brake manufacturing
Ball and roller bearings manufacturing
Fuel injection systems manufacturing
Semiconductor manufacturing
fast facts
of automotive-related production space in use
facility for specialized manufacturing workforce training
Top
university in the world for programs + research in battery tech – USC
Richland Two Student Innovation Center boasts an E.V. fundamentals program
SUCCESS STORIES
Industry Stats
South Carolina is a pro-EV state with an EV support program
South Carolina is #1 in the export sales of tires
South Carolina leads in completed passenger vehicles
Specialty and customized training at colleges and universities to support a growing automotive and E.V. workforce
RESOURCES
South Carolina Department of Commerce
South Carolina Powers EV
(EV manufacturing initiative)
South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP)
South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA)
USC’s Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing Department of Mechanical Engineering
MTC School of Science, Information Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)