Navistar announced a new facility in Rochester Hills, Michigan, which will house its NEXT eMobility Solutions business unit. The building, about 30 miles north of Detroit, will serve as the technical lead location for NEXT. It will include design, engineering, and analysis of all its electric vehicles and batteries.
“We are very happy to announce the new home for NEXT in Rochester Hills,” says Gary Horvat, vice president, eMobility, Navistar. “We look forward to joining this community as we create what will be the epicenter of everything that we do in electrification.”
The 19,000-sq-ft facility at 1885 Enterprise Drive will have roughly 50 highly skilled employees focused on eMobility-specific engineering roles. The roles will cover areas such as voltage systems, batteries, power electronics, charging infrastructure, electric vehicle hardware, and software integration.
The company is now in the process of filling positions and will move into the facility over the next several months while following current health and safety standards. Currently, NEXT employees are based at Navistar’s corporate headquarters in Lisle, Illinois.
NEXT is Navistar’s eMobility solutions business unit focused on delivering customized electrification solutions in the truck and school bus markets. Additionally, NEXT operates through its “4 Cs” approach—Consulting, Charging, Construction, and Connecting. Since launch, Navistar has showcased its prototype International® eMV™ Series as well as its electric school bus across the US.
Find out more, visit www.navistar.com/navistar/next
