Siemens has formally opened the doorways to its latest EV charging manufacturing facility in Carrollton, Texas, the place it should produce EV chargers focused for the American market. Siemens had simply introduced again December 2022 that it was retrofitting an 80,000 sq. foot manufacturing facility in Carrollton. So, the retrofit solely took round 4 months to finish.

The constructing, which serves as the corporate’s second US EV charging manufacturing hub, will assist it obtain its goal of manufacturing 1 million EV chargers for the home market over the subsequent three years.

A complete of 100 new jobs can be generated by the brand new facility, each on-site and all through the native provide chain. Wyntron, an current accomplice in Siemens eMobility’s manufacturing ecosystem, may also handle a few of its operations.

Siemens has invested $3 billion over the previous 4 years in strategic M&A offers and industrial expansions in the US. The Carrollton manufacturing facility is the newest addition to this effort.

“Texans love manufacturing development and we’re grateful to Siemens for persevering with to take a position right here in North Texas the place our workforce is second to none,” mentioned Rep. Beth Van Duyne. “As a part of Siemens’ multi-billion greenback funding in superior manufacturing in the US, the brand new Carrollton manufacturing hub will assist strengthen crucial provide chains and create new, excessive tech job alternatives for our arduous working households.”

“We’ve seen monumental development within the U.S. EV market over the previous a number of years, spurred largely by federal investments, and Siemens continues to be completely positioned to assist meet this demand and to convey the nation additional into an electrified transportation future,” mentioned John DeBoer, head of Siemens eMobility North America. “The investments we’re making in communities like Carrollton and the work that our expert workers can be doing to convey EV charging infrastructure to life will have an effect a lot additional than simply these metropolis limits.”

The manufacturing facility produces VersiCharge Blue, a stage 2 AC car charger that complies with “Purchase American” laws. The charger’s output ranges from 48 to 80 amps (11.5 to 19.5 kW), making it appropriate for virtually any placement, together with enterprise buildings, hospitals, airports, campuses, and industrial, federal, and faculty bus fleets. These chargers are made to facilitate a faster rollout of versatile, open, and accessible EV charging for patrons, together with the federal authorities.

“This new Carrollton facility joins a rising household of Siemens infrastructure manufacturing hubs throughout the US that ship crucial electrical gear for not simply the EV business, however to help semiconductor and battery manufacturing, knowledge facilities, and plenty of different key markets,” mentioned Ruth Gratzke, president of Siemens Sensible Infrastructure USA. “In reality, we’ve invested $200 million over the previous a number of years to bolster our manufacturing footprint, together with investments being made simply down the highway to increase our Grand Prairie manufacturing plant. It’s an thrilling day for us to have fun the most recent addition to our native Texas and broader US footprint.”

This facility, which joins the corporate’s present eMobility manufacturing and R&D websites, is the most recent addition to Siemens’ increasing US electrical infrastructure footprint, which additionally consists of persevering with expansions of its Texas and California manufacturing operations.

Siemens is at the moment producing DC chargers for electrical bus and electrical truck depots in North Carolina and has created an apprenticeship and coaching program to get the workforce prepared for EVs. Above is a video on Siemens Sensible Infrastructure USA.