Bosch Group mentioned it is going to make investments greater than $200 million to supply gas cell stacks within the U.S. because the German provider accelerates its transition to electrification.

Bosch mentioned on Wednesday that it’s going to develop its current Anderson facility, South Carolina, to help gas cell manufacturing, which is deliberate to start out in 2026 creating at the least 350 new jobs.

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

The transfer comes because the U.S. Surroundings Safety Company proposes to chop nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy vans of 47 % to 60 % by 2045, which is able to pressure the trade to undertake hybrid and electrical powertrains.

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

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

Bosch ranks No. 1 on the Automotive Information Europe listing of the highest 100 international suppliers with worldwide gross sales to automakers of $49.1 billion in 2021.