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EV trucks tested in SC

By Mike Switzer

Published October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Dennis Kunz with Benore Logistic Systems in Greer, SC.

Our next guest’s Upstate logistics company recently finished a successful series of electric truck demonstrations with Michelin, which in itself demonstrates that the sustainability and decarbonization efforts in our state are continuing. Mike Switzer interviews Dennis Kunz with Benore Logistic Systems in Greer, SC.

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Mike Switzer

After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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