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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

Green Car Congress

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. billion will go to 9 projects in the component manufacturing segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.16

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

Green Car Congress

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. billion will go to 9 projects in the component manufacturing segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.16

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Ford to postpone ~$12 billion in EV investment

Teslarati

is postponing about $12 billion in planned spending on new electric vehicle manufacturing capacity in North America. The move comes as the automaker noted on Thursday that customers are generally no longer willing to pay a premium for electric cars. These include a tentative second battery plant at a new campus in Kentucky.

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Your whiskey may soon be made with a huge ‘brick toaster’ battery

Baua Electric

Photo: Rondo Alcoholic drinks giant Diageo will replace natural gas-fired heat with Rondo Energy’s Heat Batteries at its production sites in Kentucky and Illinois. It’s part of the DOE’s $6 billion funding to decarbonize energy-intensive industries for 33 projects across 20 states.

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Toyota exec believes full-fledged EV push could be ‘wasted investment’

Teslarati

A longtime Toyota executive has essentially put the Japanese automaker’s strategy regarding a widespread electric vehicle transition out in the open, calling it a potential waste. billion EV development offensive in Kentucky , its flagship U.S. We want to be part of it. incentives, for example. We’re actually not.

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

Plug in America

By Zan Dubin-Scott I’m standing on the sidewalk in the sun, proudly gazing at 70-plus vehicles lined up and ready to go for a history-making event–the world’s first electric vehicle parade–when my phone rings. All of the auto manufacturers have set standards to shift their manufacturing away from internal combustion.

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The US now has 1 DC fast charging station for every 15 gas stations

Baua Electric

That’s one DC fast charging station for every 15 gas stations, and Tesla Superchargers make up more than a quarter of them. Tesla Superchargers qualify for federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding if they’re CCS compatible, and Tesla is currently the largest recipient of NEVI funding. Get started here. –

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