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Mercedes-Benz to set up EV production in US, battery plant; $1B investment in Alabama

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The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz US International), its Tuscaloosa, Alabama facility. In addition, a battery plant will also be built near the existing passenger-car plant ensuring availability of advanced technology for future generations of Mercedes-Benz vehicles built in the US.

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Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US

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The few companies that have access to graphite mines in North America are the belles of the EV ball at the moment. Westwater holds mineral rights to the Coosa graphite deposit, which is located across 42,000 acres in Alabama. The company is currently building a graphite processing plant in Kellyton, Alabama.

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DOE awards $2.4M to 3 projects for next-generation grid energy storage

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Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and partners will perform a pre-front end engineering design (pre-FEED) study on the integration of a 10 MWhe (megawatt-hour electricity) SandTES pilot system into Alabama Power’s Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant in Wilsonville, Alabama.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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In China, the company has been introducing EV models while utilizing local resources; Honda will further accelerate this approach from here forward. The company plans to introduce 10 Honda-brand EV models within five years. In China, Honda will strive for a BEV/FCEV sales share of 40% by 2030, 80% by 2035 and 100% by 2040.

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New Flyer of America investing additional $25M in Anniston, AL; capacity for zero-emission bus production

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New Flyer of America Inc, the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, will invest $25 million in major building renovations and expansions at its Anniston, Alabama production campus.

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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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Her father, a chemist, was on the team that first synthesized vitamin B1 at pharmaceutical company Merck in Charlotte, N.C. It is now available on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. At the time, her father was a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This article is based on that interview. in Charlotte.

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News: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD

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Is an EV Genesis, the luxury division of Hyundai Motor Group, began this past week producing its first model in the United States at the sprawling HMG factory in Montgomery, Alabama. There is a real excitement at Genesis for what is planned and what the company sees as a growing relationship with a luxury car buyer.

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