GREENVILLE, SC—Isuzu North America Corp. will invest $280 million to establish a new assembly plant here to produce electric commercial vehicles for the North American market. The company has purchased a 1,000,000 square foot facility in Greenville County that it is converting into a state-of-the-art assembly plant.

The new assembly plant will introduce a variable-model, variable-volume production system that produces both gas-powered vehicles and electric vehicles. It will be the first facility in the Isuzu Group to use a production line without conveyors or pits, a highly advanced line that maximizes flexibility and scalability. In addition, the plant’s quality assurance system will automate inspections to eliminate production errors and ensure traceability of parts.

The size of the plant will enable Isuzu to consolidate all production-related operations under one roof, streamlining processes and improving efficiency. The campus also has sufficient acreage to store all completed trucks at a single site. The plant will give Isuzu direct control over all assembly and logistics operations.