Isuzu North America Corp. today announced that it will establish a new U.S. production base in Greenville County, roughly 100 miles southwest of Charlotte, where it will make both gas and electric vehicles. The company's $280 million investment is expected to create more than 700 jobs.

An international car company will invest $280 million in a South Carolina facility to convert it to a “state-of-the-art” manufacturing plant that will create more than 700 jobs, officials said. Isuzu -- one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial trucks -- bought a one million-square-foot facility that sits on over 200 acres of property along Augusta Road in the Piedmont area of Greenville County.