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Rivian wins massive incentive package for R2 vehicle production in Illinois

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Rivian has won a massive $827 million incentive package from the State of Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, which will be used to expand the R2 production facility in Normal, Illinois. Rivian’s Georgia plant remains an extremely important part of its strategy to scale production of R2 and R3.

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Kia will beat Rivian and Tesla into affordable mass-market EVs

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Although Rivian and Tesla are making headlines with planned expansions into mass-market electric vehicles, Kia is set to launch two affordable EVs of its own. More affordable EVs are coming Rivian unveiled its highly anticipated R2 electric SUV Thursday. One of them, the Kia EV3, is expected to launch by the end of the year.

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PNNL leads team to accelerate development of affordable carbon fiber composites

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Fiber orientation prediction in 3D complex part using the Autodesk software (Left) that was imported into the 3D ABAQUS model (Right) for stiffness performance prediction using the PNNL-developed Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka Approach to Non-Linear Analysis (EMTA-NLA) model in ABAQUS.

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Volvo Trucks Customer QCD orders 30 more VNR Electric trucks for Southern California fleet

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The company’s investment in Volvo VNR Electric, which now includes 45 trucks, is a central part of its strategy to help its customers reduce their supply chain emissions. The first Volvo VNR Electrics from the 2021 order will start operations this month out of its distribution center in Fontana, California. Located in the St.

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Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

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In the job’s description, Tesla notes that Prototype Vehicle Operators will be part of its vehicle data collection team. It is also expected to be very similar to the highly-anticipated affordable Tesla that will eventually be built in Giga Mexico. The job is also listed under “Autopilot & Robotics.” to 1:30 p.m.

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DOE awards $27.5M to 16 water infrastructure projects

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Energy efficiency in equipment, processes, and operations is a fundamental part of this transition, and facility retrofits can yield energy savings as high as 50%. They are based out of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.

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Rivian delays $5B Georgia EV plant to accelerate R2 launch, resulting in $2.25B in savings

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The EV maker will begin building its new R2 electric SUV at its Normal, Illinois facility to accelerate the launch. Rivian to launch R2 at Normal EV plant, saving $2.25B Rivian introduced its more affordable R2 electric SUV Thursday during a launch event at its new Laguna showroom. The delay is not expected to be significant.

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