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Bridgestone awarded $35M USDA Climate-Smart Grant to advance guayule natural rubber production

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The grant will be used to expand Bridgestone’s guayule production in the Southwestern US with lowered greenhouse gas emissions and to create regional jobs for farmers and Native American tribes to build a rubber bioeconomy based on climate-smart and sustainable practices.

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Delphi Technologies invests in innovative capacitor start-up PolyCharge

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The minority equity investment, for an undisclosed sum, builds on an existing long-standing technology partnership between Delphi Technologies and Sigma Technologies , the parent company of PolyCharge. The company’s headquarters, engineering, and product development center are located in Tucson, Arizona. Delphi Technologies, a $4.5

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Lucid Motors selects AZ for EV factory

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Luxury EV startup Lucid Motors has selected Casa Grande, Arizona, as the location for its factory. Lucid plans to break ground and begin hiring in the first half of 2017. Rawlinson led the engineering of the Model S from clean-sheet to production readiness while simultaneously building the engineering team.

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Fire that claimed original Tesla Roadsters ‘under investigation,’ Gruber Motors gives statement

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The fire took place near Phoenix, Arizona, on October 16th at Gruber Motor Company, a haven that specializes in electric vehicle repairs and modifications. We have three commercial buildings involved with Tesla vehicles, and the fire occurred in our main work in process Service Center. I wish it was otherwise.

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GM to start autonomous vehicle manufacturing and testing in Michigan

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GM also announced it will produce the next generation of its autonomous test vehicles at its Orion Township assembly plant beginning in early 2017. Workers at the Orion Township assembly plant will build test fleet Bolt EVs equipped with fully autonomous technology. The plant currently manufactures the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Sonic.

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BMW and Nissan again partner to add 174 more DC fast chargers in US with EVgo

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The partners will make an additional 174 locations in 33 states available to all EV owners in those markets, and plan to install 50 more in 2017. This latest expansion builds on the 120 dual-port DC Fast chargers that BMW and Nissan announced together in December 2015. Earlier post.)

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Cooper Tire begins testing tires made with guayule component; consortium progress on genomics, agronomics

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has completed tire builds using rubber derived from guayule plants and new guayule related materials. The grant period ends late in the second quarter of 2017.

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