Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Volkswagen of America will showcase a number of custom builds at this year’s SEMA Show including two unique ID.4 Volkswagen is collaborating with the Tennessee Valley Authority as the utility corporation sets a goal of operating a 100 percent electric sedan and SUV fleet by the year 2030.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The 2018 Nissan Leaf electric car will start to appear at Nissan dealers in January, the company said Monday. That availability came in an announcement that the second-generation electric car officially went into production the same day at Nissan's sprawling assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2021

4 electric car has rolled off the production line at the automaker's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory, VW Group of America CEO Scott Keogh announced Thursday in a LinkedIn post. Finished in Glacier White Metallic, the first completed car is a validation build used to. The first Volkswagen ID.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

Envision AESC, a leading Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, will invest $2 billion to build a new gigafactory in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Warren County. 1 producer of cars, light trucks and SUVs per capita and the center of Auto Alley in the US.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 21, 2022

The US-built Volkswagen ID.4 4 will include a version with a smaller 62 kWh battery that sells for less than the standard version.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

Alcoa broke ground on a $275-million expansion of its Tennessee Operations to meet growing aluminum demand for auto production. Demand for aluminum, already the number two material used to build cars, is expected to nearly double by 2025.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 6, 2021

A Honda will be built at a GM plant in Mexico, and an Acura alongside the Cadillac Lyriq in Tennessee. In an Automotive News report, it was noted that in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where GM builds the Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox, the […]. The post GM to Build EV Crossovers for Honda, Acura appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

While advanced composites are used in selective industries such as aircraft, satellites and cars, these materials remain expensive, require large amounts of energy to manufacture and are difficult to recycle. Doubling the length of a turbine blade can help quadruple the amount of electricity generated. Adherent Technologies, Inc.;

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Volkswagen is investing in additional automation at factories that will build the ID.4 In a Wednesday press release, VW said it had ordered 1,400 robots for factories in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Emden.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to reports, US President Biden said that the Australian electric vehicle charging company Tritium DCFC will build a charging pile factory in Tennessee, USA, which will have a “ripple effect” that will benefit American workers and the entire planet. Biden said charging electric cars in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Green Commuter, an LA-based startup introducing a vanpool and car share service there with a fleet of Tesla Model X vehicles ( earlier post ), has received a $750,000 grant from the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) to launch an electric car sharing service in the Tennessee city.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tritium DCFC Limited, a Brisbane-based manufacturer of direct current fast chargers for electric vehicles, has opened its new EV fast charger manufacturing facility, and its first US-based EV fast charger manufacturing facility, located in Lebanon, Tennessee.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2024

We have been working for nearly a decade on magnetic and other aspects of traction-motor design at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in Tennessee, a hub of U.S. In Europe, a consortium called Passenger includes 20 partners from industry and academia working on rare earth–free permanent magnets for EVs. research on advanced motors for EVs.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2020

Volkswagen previously confirmed that it will build electric cars for the North American market at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory. On Wednesday the automaker said it also plans to do some engineering work there, too.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

This dedicated EV architecture and propulsion system is the foundation for GM’s all-electric future, giving the company the capability not only to build an entire retail and commercial portfolio, but also leverage the technology to expand its business to non-automotive applications.

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2024

LG Energy Solution (LGES) and General Motors (GM) ‘s joint battery facility in Tennessee seems to be hitting its stride. billion) to build the facility, which started full operations on March 2024. It should be noted that LG Group is also building a cathode material production plant in Clarksville, Tennessee.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 11, 2023

dealerships are set to promote extra unused cars in 2023 than within the life 3 years, consistent with City Science’s midyear Car Franchise Task file. The common choice of unused cars bought by means of U.S. The common choice of unused cars bought by means of U.S. within the first part of the life to 664,104 cars.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2024

The automaker announced that the car has regained eligibility for federal tax credits, though for only half of the maximum $7,500. The car qualified for tax credits through the end of last year, but automakers have to recertify vehicles under the new rules, and Nissan has only just done that for the Leaf. has a free-trade agreement.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Nissan said today it has opened a plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, to fabricate lithium-ion cells for electric-car batteries. Those cells will go into electric cars. Just two years after the first Nissan Leaf was sold in the U.S.,

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The materials will be produced at the company’s Tennessee factory starting in 2026. General Motors reports strong quarter, but EV fans might be disappointed “This contract builds on GM’s commitment to create a strong, sustainable battery EV supply chain to support our fast-growing EV production needs,” Morrison said.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

SK Group is building a theme park with carbon-cutting technologies for CES 2024. Full-electric dancing cars capable of recharging in 20 minutes or less. SK Group has several factories under construction in the United States, specifically in Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. A train run by hydrogen energy and only emits water.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Let’s just say that Volkswagen isn’t the only automaker building EVs that had to be recalled because the electronic door handles were acting up. However, vehicles built in Chattanooga, Tennessee, were said not to be impacted by the earlier recall. Owners are expected to be notified by November.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2014

General Motors will invest $185 million to make small-displacement gasoline engines at its Spring Hill, Tennessee manufacturing complex. An additional $48.4-million million investment is planned for the Bedford, Ind. powertrain castings plant. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2016

The Nissan Leaf, by far the world's best-selling electric car, is built in three countries. Outside Nissan's home market of Japan, Leafs are assembled in both Smyrna, Tennessee, and at Nissan's Sunderland plant in the U.K.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In October, GM delayed the opening of its Ultium Cell production plant in Tennessee, but this was due to construction timeline issues. GM delays opening of Ultium Cell plant in Tennessee Ultium was developed by GM to enable a lineup of new EVs and bring a software-based mentality to the cars.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 4, 2024

headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee. The automaker will also work with Middle Tennessee Electric to study potential demand response uses, similar to projects already being undertaken by General Motors and Ford , to reduce electricity demand from fossil-fuel power plants. Nissan U.S.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

Batteries and software are a mainstay in new vehicles as the global car market transitions to electric vehicles. Legacy automakers like General Motors must learn new skills and processes to produce EVs with decent batteries and software to compete with startups like Tesla, Rivian, and Chinese car manufacturers.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2019

With more automakers lining up to buy lots of batteries for electric cars, leading battery supplier LG Chem is planning to build a second battery factory in the U.S., The company is considering sites in Kentucky and Tennessee among other locations. according to a Reuters report citing three people familiar with the matter.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 8, 2024

VW started building the SUV in Tennessee and sources batteries from SK On, giving the vehicle full access to the $7,500 credit. Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by & subscribing to our& newsletter. The new model is also expected to qualify.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 30, 2022

China figures into decisions by both Volkswagen and Tesla when it comes to deciding where to build there electric car factories.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The array is the largest system of its kind in the North American automotive industry and in the state of Tennessee. Prior to opening the Solar Park, the Chattanooga plant became the first auto plant in the world to receive LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council in 2012. 1,253 kWh/car. 1,018 kWh/car.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 25, 2024

Cadillac LYRIQ rolls off the assembly line in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Earlier this year, Addionics announced plans to build a $400 million factory in the U.S. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our newsletter. Become a TTAC insider.

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Plug in America

JUNE 25, 2024

NDEW team, thank you for supporting the [electrification of transportation] effort and for helping to build and foster a global community of EV advocates and supporters. in Tennessee, Susan Goodwin is one of the lead organizers of the Knoxville Drive Electric Festival.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

Tritium is currently revamping its supply chain to make the sleek liquid-cooled DC fast chargers built at its new Tennessee factory compliant with NEVI and Build America regulations. Charged spoke with Tritium Chief Sales Officer David Nicholl about building cost-effective EV charging sites that provide top-notch service to drivers.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

A German newspaper has suggested that the Environmental Protection Agency wants Volkswagen to build electric cars at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The agency also wants Volkswagen to help build a nationwide network of DC fast-charging sites for plug-in electric vehicles.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 31, 2024

Nissan also promises a greater ability to move energy back and forth between the car and the grid than the FE-15 which, in a proof-of-concept test at the automaker’s Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. headquarters helped reduce electricity bills by $9,450 over four years.

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EV Central

MARCH 6, 2024

As a return, Fisker will allow Nissan to build its own ute based on the incoming Alaska pick-up scheduled for 2026. The battery-powered Nissan ute would share platforms and tech with the Alaska but be built in the Japanese firm’s own US based factory in either Mississippi or Tennessee. 2026 Fisker Alaska. 2026 Fisker Alaska.

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