Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Aleris will invest $350 million to upgrade capabilities at its aluminum rolling mill in Lewisport, Kentucky. We are excited to bring these capabilities to our Lewisport, Kentucky facility to serve automotive customers in North America as they shift toward significantly greater aluminum use.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota Kentucky: Georgetown, Ky., $16 Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with the University of Kentucky and their subcontractor Virginia Tech to demonstrate a novel process for the extraction of REEs from coal using plasma. The collaborators researched using low-temperature plasma to pretreat coal-based materials resourced from West Kentucky No.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2021

MP Materials has received a $3-million award from the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a feasibility study, working with the University of Kentucky (UK), on a system to produce rare earth oxides, metals, and other critical materials recovered from coal by-products. Mountain Pass facility. Source: MP Materials.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion in economic impact to Kentucky over the construction period and first 10 years of operation. With the potential expansion phases, the facility would employ up to 400 people in a variety of roles—from engineers and chemists to warehouse associates and manufacturing operators. The project is expected potentially to generate $4.4

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

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

billion investment in its Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly plant to prepare for production of a 3-row electric SUV. This additional money, which brings the plant's total investment to nearly $10 billion, "supports the previously announced future BEV assembly at Toyota Kentucky," according to a company.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Toyota could start building electric cars in Kentucky as soon as 2025 by updating an existing factory, Nikkei reported Tuesday.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2019

University of Kentucky Chemistry Professor Marcelo Guzman has received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, education and outreach efforts in the field of environmental and atmospheric chemistry.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2024

Tesla has been granted a license to sell its vehicles in Kentucky, after being previously barred from certain sales due to its direct-to-consumer model being in violation of legislation requiring vehicle sales to be made through a franchised dealership.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2022

billion in economic impact to Kentucky over the construction period and first 10 years. Ascend Elements’ Hydro-to-Cathode direct precursor synthesis process leaches out impurities, keeping the valuable metals in solution and eliminating multiple steps in the recycling flow.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A 200 megawatt (MW) solar farm will be built on a former coal mine in eastern Kentucky. It will be the largest solar project in Kentucky and will provide employment opportunities for former coal workers. more… The post The largest solar farm in Kentucky will be built on a former coal mine appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 7, 2021

Tesla’s planned “dealership” in Louisville, Kentucky, may be complicated by the state law, WDRB reports. The article noted that the plans called for both an indoor and outdoor sales area, service bays, and will have more than 200 parking spaces. It will be using an existing building on Gateworth Way in Middletown.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The company is increasing line speed at its Kentucky Truck Plant to build more Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition SUVs, boosting production targets approximately 25% since last fall when the SUVs hit the market. Kentucky Truck Plant assembly line workers are working overtime and voluntary weekend shifts. Advanced manufacturing.

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Electrek

JANUARY 1, 2024

As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. more… The post Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2023

Based on current plans, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Michigan will see the highest growth in battery manufacturing capacity. To optimize supply chain logistics, many battery plants will be co-located with automotive plants.

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Teslarati

JULY 12, 2024

Ford is considering growing its electric vehicle (EV) supply chain in Kentucky. The components would primarily be used for EVs,” according to the minutes of a Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority board meeting. Ford’s $400 million investment is eligible for tax credits under the Kentucky Investment incentives.

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Electrek

AUGUST 6, 2022

Ford has sent two electric F-150 Lightnings to help with Kentucky flood response, providing mobile power for crews to help get 10-15 families back in their homes per day. The post Electric F-150 Lightnings save the day with power in Kentucky flood response appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

MARCH 28, 2023

EnerVenue is going to open a 1 million-square-foot gigafactory in Kentucky to produce ultra long-life metal-hydrogen stationary batteries. more… The post Kentucky is about to get a huge non-lithium battery gigafactory appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

billion in the development of future electric vehicles at its flagship Kentucky facility. Toyota has now committed nearly $10 billion in investments to the Kentucky plant, aiming to build high-quality vehicles and offer job stability to its employees at the factory. billion to EV development in Kentucky appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

billion to produce advanced batteries for future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles, slated to start production in 2025, creating 5,000 new jobs in Kentucky. Construction is on schedule at the two massive […] The post BlueOval SK breaks ground on EV battery mega campus in Kentucky appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 18, 2023

National Grid Renewables has broken ground on what will be the largest solar farm in Kentucky once it comes online in 2024. more… The post Coal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 27, 2023

Ford stated in September 2021 that it would establish Ford BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky and Ford BlueOval City in Tennessee, two large sites dedicated to producing EVs and EV batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Toyota says it is making a further investment in its Kentucky factory to manufacture a battery electric three row SUV. The post Toyota Will Build A Three Row Electric SUV In Kentucky appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

billion investment in its Kentucky factory to build EVs, including its three-row electric SUV for the US market. Toyota just announced a $1.3

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Kentucky’s largest utility requested a nine-fold increase in solar and battery storage, and the state’s regulators just approved it. more… The post Kentucky just greenlit a 900% solar increase plan – why that’s a big deal appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

Toyota will assemble an all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV at Toyota Kentucky starting in 2025. The company’s first US-assembled BEV will be powered by batteries from Toyota North Carolina. The new battery plant, which is currently under construction, will receive an additional $2.1

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 1, 2023

Advancing its commitment to vehicle electrification and building where it sells, Toyota will assemble an all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV at Toyota Kentucky starting in 2025. billion […] The post Toyota to assemble three-row all-electric SUV in Kentucky from 2025 appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Louisville, Kentucky, might be the next city to have a tunnel built by Elon Musk’s company, The Boring Company. Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner and candidate for governor Ryan Quarles tweeted the latest work that the State Fair Board was working on. Quarles shared a screenshot of a Boring Tunnel Concept proposal for Louisville.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 25, 2025

Weve seen stories of enterprising thieves stealing cars right off of factory storage lots, but this most recent incident might take the cake. Thieves hit the Chevrolet Corvette factory in Bowling Green, KY, last week, taking eight cars on a short-lived expedition.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

The transformed campus will feature a new 407,000 square-foot on-site battery plant that will utilize cells and arrays from BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky. Together with two battery plants in Kentucky, which are part of a joint venture with SK On, these sites will create 11,000 new US jobs and expected to begin production in 2025.

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Teslarati

JULY 3, 2023

Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) seems to be gaining more traction, with recent reports suggesting that Kentucky recently implemented a policy that mandates EV charging companies to include a NACS plug if they wish to participate in a state program aimed at electrifying highways using federal funds.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 7, 2023

This week, however, the charging hardware also gained its first nod of approval from a state government, with Kentucky mandating the equipment on all new federally funded charging stations. Kentucky is set […]

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

from coal. West Virginia. West Virginia. West Virginia. North Dakota. North Dakota. North Dakota.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2022

On July 5, 2022, two adjacent states had a unique relationship: they belonged to the two extreme AAA price groups, with Illinois in the highest price group and Kentucky in the lowest price group. in McCracken County, Kentucky. in McCracken County, Kentucky. The lowest prices in each county were obtained from GasBuddy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ford and SK Innovation broke ground today in Glendale, Kentucky, on a battery factory that will create 5,000 new jobs. The training for these workers will also take place locally at the new Elizabethtown Community and Technical College BlueOval SK Training Center.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The United Automotive Workers (UAW) union has threatened to launch a strike at a key Ford truck plant in Kentucky after local negotiations have not come to an agreement nearly five months following the contract deadline. Ford says the Kentucky Truck Plant employed 9,251 workers as of August, 8,700 of which were hourly workers.

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