Remove Building Remove Industrial Remove Kentucky
article thumbnail

LOTTE Chemical, LOTTE Aluminum to build $238.7M cathode foil plant in Kentucky

Green Car Congress

LOTTE Chemical announced a joint venture with LOTTE Aluminium to build a manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to produce 36,000 tons of cathode foil, a type of ultra-thin aluminum foil that is a core material used in EV batteries. Since June 2020, Kentucky has seen more than $8.5 In September 2021, Gov.

Kentucky 321
article thumbnail

Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. An all-new $5.6-billion billion mega-campus in Stanton, Tenn. (a

Kentucky 397
article thumbnail

Envision AESC investing $2B to build 30 GWh gigafactory in Kentucky; potential to expand to 40 GWh

Green Car Congress

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. Selected for its strong automotive manufacturing base, skilled workforce and excellent infrastructure, Kentucky is already the nation’s No.

Kentucky 186
article thumbnail

Ascend Elements to invest up to $1B in Southwest Kentucky EV battery materials manufacturing facility; Hydro-to-Cathode

Green Car Congress

Ascend Elements plans to invest $310 million in Phase 1—and up to $1 billion over several possible phases—to build a sustainable lithium-ion battery materials facility in Hopkinsville, Ky., billion in economic impact to Kentucky over the construction period and first 10 years of operation. Ascend Elements).

Kentucky 243
article thumbnail

Ford and UAW reached a tentative local agreement at Kentucky plant

Teslarati

The United Automotive Workers (UAW) have come to a tentative local agreement at a Ford factory in Kentucky, after the union threatened to put the site’s almost 9,000 workers on strike last week if a deal wasn’t reached. The post Ford and UAW reached a tentative local agreement at Kentucky plant appeared first on TESLARATI.

article thumbnail

Toyota to build $50M automotive battery lab at Michigan R&D headquarters

Green Car Congress

This new investment in our North American R&D operation, which has been a key pillar of the Michigan automotive industry for more than 50 years, shows Toyota’s directional shift towards electrification for all.

Michigan 334
article thumbnail

Ford to invest C$1.8 billion in Oakville complex for EV manufacturing in Canada

Green Car Congress

The investment allows Ford to repurpose and transform existing buildings into a state-of-the-art facility that leverages Ford of Canada’s skilled and experienced workforce. The current 487-acre Oakville site includes three body shops, one paint building, one assembly building. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

Canada 397