Ingeteam Invests USD 20 Mn to Expand EV Charging Station Production in Milwaukee, Creating Hundreds of New Jobs in 5 Years

Ingeteam to support the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious goals to combat the climate crisis by deploying a national network of 500,000 EV chargers along America’s highways.

With this new investment, Ingeteam Electric Vehicle Chargers will increase its production capacity of DC Fast Chargers (DCFC) and L2 EV chargers (ranging from 7.5kW up to 420 kW) for the US market with a full commitment to accelerate the buildout of the United States EV charging network.
 
The new Ingeteam EV charger production lines in the US will be capable of producing more than 13,000 units per year and will be Buy America compliant under the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requirements for domestic manufacturing, Buy America Act for funded EV chargers according to the NEVI program (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure).
 

 

“Ingeteam will be starting the production of our state-of-the-art, Red Dot award-winning DC Fast Charger RAPID 180 kW, fully compliant with the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program (NEVI) by the second half of 2023.We will bring the technology from our R&D centers and manufacturing facilities in Spain, and the experience of more than 35,000 EV chargerconnectors already deployed globally” said Jesus Rodriguez, Executive Vice President of Ingeteam EV Chargers USA. “This significant investment, in addition to the more than$20million already invested in our cutting-edge manufacturing plant since 2010, will add up to one hundred new well-paying jobs to the region and to our production facility in Milwaukee, WI over the next 5 years”.

With these investments, Ingeteam Electric Vehicle Chargers will be able to satisfy the US market's rising demand for EV chargers. All client demands, including those of OEMs, fleet operators, C-stores/O&G providers, municipalities/utilities, and charge point operators, will be met by their US-made EV chargers.
 
The EV charger production expansion will be a fantastic complement to Ingeteam's present US activities. Ingeteam has produced approximately 4,000 wind turbine generators under the Indar brand since the company's founding in 2010, and it has also provided 2.5 GW of solar and energy storage inverters for the US market.

During the past decade, the Service division has also been providing operations and maintenance support to the different business units across the US and collaborating with wind and solar customers offering a wide variety of services, now adding value to the EV charging ecosystem.