Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

A green tariff agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to supply up to 100 megawatts of solar energy per year, or the amount of electricity consumed by 18,000 United States households annually. General Motors expects its Spring Hill Manufacturing plant will be powered by 100% solar energy beginning in late 2022.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

LG Chem announced Tuesday that it’s planning a mammoth cathode material plant in Tennessee that will aid U.S. domestic electric vehicle battery production. According to LG, the plant will be the largest of its kind in the U.S.,

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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 Tennessee: Jackson, Tenn., $36 Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2021

General Motors plans to make an upcoming Acura-branded electric vehicle in 2024 at the same Tennessee plant that will assemble the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq, while a more affordable Honda crossover set to be about the same size could be made by GM in Mexico beginning in 2023.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

EV charging company EnviroSpark is installing National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program DC fast chargers at Waffle House in Lakeland, Tennessee.

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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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Electrek

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Type One energy has announced its intention to use a retired TVA coal plant site, the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as the site for a prototype fusion reactor with the hope to eventually commercialize fusion power – and maybe even find a neat way to use old EV batteries to help power the process.

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Teslarati

JULY 15, 2024

Ford’s BlueOval SK electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Tennessee is ready to start trial operations next month. The BlueOval SK plant in Tennessee is part of a $11.4 SK On reportedly plans to send production personnel to Tennessee to oversee BlueOval SK’s trial operations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2023

IperionX ( earlier post ) has received key development permits for the Titan Project in Tennessee. The major development permits include the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit and Surface Mining Permit, which have now been issued by the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2021

Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets, produced at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been installed and are now under routine operating conditions at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in Athens, Alabama.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In an effort to increase sales, localize production and expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the United States, Tritium DCFC Limited announced plans for expansion of its US footprint with a new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. million high-power charging sessions across 41 countries that it has already provided.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Will Blink Charging ’s new partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) revive Tennessee’s stagnant Fast Charge TN Network plan? more… The post Tennessee said it would develop a statewide network of EV fast charging stations. It’s added one in 2.5 years [update] appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

billion loan to Ultium Cells LLC to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan. The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced the closing of a $2.5-billion

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The facility, located in Montgomery County, Clarksville, Tennessee, will locally produce cathode materials optimized for North American electric vehicles and collaborate with key partners from development to supply chain. on Cathode Plant in Clarksville, Tennessee appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of the first in line to capitalize on this new technology is Nissan North America, which recently executed a contract with Smartville to install a 500 kWh Smartville 360 BESS using second-life Nissan LEAF battery packs at the global automaker’s North American headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Piedmont Lithium , Tennessee Lithium, $141,680,442. Piedmont is designing Tennessee Lithium to be a world-class lithium hydroxide facility and a large, low-cost contributor to the battery manufacturing supply chain with a sustainability footprint that is superior to incumbent producers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2019

He is now a research professor at the University of Tennessee, while also working with the startup. Alex Lewis researched under the mentorship of Borole as a doctoral candidate in Energy Science and Engineering through the University of Tennessee’s Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Early conceptual rendering of Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee. This partnership with General Motors will transform Tennessee into another key location for electric vehicle and battery production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

General Motors has begun retail production of the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ ( earlier post ) at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. GM announced a commitment to invest $2 billion in Spring Hill Assembly in October 2020. An additional $2.3

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EV Specifications

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The facility, located in Montgomery County, Clarksville, Tennessee, will locally produce cathode materials optimized for North American electric vehicles (EVs) and collaborate with key partners from development to the supply chain. LG Chem has commenced the construction of a cathode plant in the U.S., LG Chem will.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2023

Since that award, X-energy has completed the engineering and basic design of the nuclear reactor, has begun development and licensing of a fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and is now working with Dow to prepare applications to the NRC for Construction Permits at the Seadrift site.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

It will be produced at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly facility, which is receiving a $2 billion investment to support electric vehicle production. Customers will be able to select from Satin Steel Metallic or Stellar Black Metallic exterior colors, and Sky Cool Gray or Noir for the interior. An additional $2.3

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2024

Volkswagen workers at the company’s factory in Tennessee have officially voted to join the United Automotive Workers (UAW) after the union launched campaigns at Tesla, Volkswagen, and others last year. The post Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted to join the UAW appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2023

General Motors has delayed the opening of its Ultium Cell production plant in Tennessee due to construction delays. The post GM delays opening of Ultium Cell plant in Tennessee appeared first on TESLARATI. If you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at joey@teslarati.com.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2020

A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to approximately two trillion gallons of gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

factories, a majority of workers at a key Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have signed up to join the union. The UAW says it has secured over 50 percent of workers at Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to a report on Tuesday from Bloomberg. Momentum’s picked up in a big way,” Costello said. “[The

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The California plant joins the company’s growing national network of plants in New York, Tennessee, and Georgia that will supply 500 tons per day of liquid green hydrogen by 2025, replacing 4.3 The facility will use a new 300 megawatt zero-carbon solar farm to power 120 megawatts of Plug Power’s state-of-the-art PEM electrolyzers.

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Teslarati

MARCH 18, 2024

Volkswagen workers at the automaker’s Tennessee factory have filed to hold a union election, as the United Auto Workers (UAW) continues its drive at multiple U.S. The UAW announced last month that a majority of workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, signed union cards. facilities.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The company has begun construction on green hydrogen production facilities in California, New York, Tennessee and Georgia that will ultimately supply 500 tons per day of liquid green hydrogen by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

Lie, who will be based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, brings extensive vehicle engineering experience that will help advance Volkswagen’s commitment to mobility innovation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

The Nissan LEAF is built at three factories: Oppama, Japan; Sunderland, England; and Smyrna, Tennessee. Sales of the LEAF e+ began in late January in Japan. US sales will begin this spring, and Europe will follow shortly thereafter.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

billion, which will include the creation of nearly 11,000 new jobs at two mammoth manufacturing complexes in Tennessee and Kentucky. Ford on Monday announced its largest single manufacturing investment ever—$11.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

In addition to the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex upgrades, Ford also has announced: It is creating an all-new EV manufacturing ecosystem in West Tennessee—called BlueOval City—the home of a battery plant and the future home of Ford’s next-generation EV pickup. Earlier post.)

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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. The first Volkswagen ID.4 Mass production doesn't start until next year, however.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The recall includes 2021-2024 models assembled in both Zwickau, Germany, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Volkswagen is recalling 98,806 of its ID.4 4 electric vehicles due to defective door handles that could cause doors to open unexpectedly. The recalled vehicles may have door handles that can't effectively keep out water.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

GM’s next Ultium-based vehicle, the Cadillac LYRIQ, is expected to launch as scheduled in the first half of 2022 and will be assembled in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The Chevrolet Silverado EV officially debuts next month at CES.

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