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Ford Begins Manufacture of EcoBoost Engines at Cleveland Plant

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Ford Motor Company is resuming production at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, which becomes the first manufacturing site to build Ford’s new fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines. Ford invested $55 million for tooling and equipment upgrades at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 to build the EcoBoost engine. Cleveland Engine Plant No.

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Ford Cleveland Engine Plant begins production of twin-scroll 2.0L and 2.3L EcoBoost engines

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liter EcoBoost engines for North America at its Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio. The investment in Cleveland shifted North American production to Ohio, leaving Ford’s Valencia Engine Plant as the exclusive production location of 2.0-liter Cleveland Engine Plant also builds the 3.5-liter liter and 2.3-liter liter and 2.3-liter

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US DOT awards $13.6M to 8 projects to advance fuel cell technology for transit industry

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CALSTART Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; ElDorado National; BAE Systems; Ballard Power Systems. American Fuel Cell Bus Builds a next-generation fuel cell bus with latest fuel cell technology and demonstrates in transit service in greater Cleveland area for 2 years. Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Ford builds 2-millionth EcoBoost engine, with take rates growing globally; expected to exceed Ford’s global diesel production

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liter EcoBoost to 1,000 engines per day, and is investing $200 million in its Cleveland, Ohio plant to build the 2.0-liter Ford doubled Cologne, Germany, production of 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost in the US. Global Ford EcoBoost engine production: total since launch in 2009. Production. Cologne/Craiova. Bridgend/Craiova. 2,000,000.

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Electric pickup from former GM plant will have in-wheel hub motors

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Lordstown Motors is planning to use a former GM facility near Cleveland, Ohio, to effectively beat GM to the punch—in offering an all-electric, made-in-America pickup.

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Ohio workshop seeks ideas for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

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The workshop will be held 9 July at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. Designing for Impact II: Workshop on Building the NNMI” is a partnership between the interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office in Gaithersburg, Md., Institute structure and governance. Strategies for sustainable institute operations.

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