Bosch halts planned $200M hydrogen fuel manufacturing facility in Anderson

Bosch halts planned $200M hydrogen fuel manufacturing facility in Anderson

A global manufacturer with a large Upstate presence has put on hold its plans to expand its facility in Anderson that would have produced alternative fuel technology.

Bosch is halting its plans for a $200 million expansion that would have created the manufacturing capacity to build hydrogen fuel cell stacks that power big trucks, citing an unstable market.

The company released the following statement:

Hydrogen continues to be a growth area for Bosch and a key technology for the path to an electrified future.

“The U.S. hydrogen fuel cell mobility market has experienced significant changes over the past year. As a result, the planned investment in Anderson, South Carolina, for fuel cell manufacturing was delayed in mid-2024. Bosch will continue to re-evaluate the investment for local fuel cell manufacturing when regional market demand increases.”

The Bosch facility in Anderson County will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2025 and is a manufacturing site for multiple products within the Bosch Mobility business sector beyond hydrogen, including sensors and electronic control units for the powertrain, according to the statement.

Plans for the expansion were revealed in August 2022 with an anticipated production timeline of 2026 that would have created at least 350 new jobs

Christian Kolzem, senior vice president and technical plant manager for Bosch, said at the time that hydrogen fuel represented the future for vehicle electrification.

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Bosch halts planned $200M hydrogen fuel manufacturing facility in Anderson, source 

Bosch halts planned $200M hydrogen fuel manufacturing facility in Anderson - GSA Business Report