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Cirba Solutions and General Motors extend collaboration on EV battery recycling

Green Car Congress

Cirba Solutions (previously Retriev Solutions, LLC) has extended a prior agreement with General Motors (GM) to recycle electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion battery and cell scrap generated by manufacturing and research at select GM facilities through 2024. The extended contract builds upon the original lithium-ion battery agreement from 2021.

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ElectraMeccanica Chooses Mesa, Arizona To Build SOLO Car

CleanTechnica EVs

The Phoenix, Arizona metro area seems like it’s starting to become an EV production and maintenance hot spot.

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Arizona plant for Lucid Air electric sedan is complete, as company plans expansion for 2023 SUV

Green Car Reports

Lucid Motors on Tuesday announced completion of construction on its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. Pending further equipment installations, the factory is scheduled to start building the Lucid Air electric car in spring 2021.

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Lucid to expand Arizona production plant in 2023

Teslarati

Lucid Motors ( NASDAQ: LCID ) is planning to expand its AMP-1 production facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, with construction starting in 2023, documents show. Additionally, Lucid is discussing starting work on future phases associated with the build-out of their development on Lot 1 of the Lucid Final Plat.

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Tesla battery supplier LG Energy Solutions announces $1.4B battery factory in Arizona

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Tesla battery supplier LG Energy Solutions announced it would build a $1.4 billion battery production facility in Arizona as demand for electric vehicles throughout the United States skyrockets. LG Energy Solutions said it would build the $1.4 The Arizona plant will be LGES’s first-ever U.S.

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Dozens Of Original Tesla Roadsters Lost In Gruber Motors Fire

CleanTechnica EVs

Over the weekend, tragedy struck again at Gruber Motors in Arizona. An electrical failure started a fire in their main service building, and managed to ignite a car’s lithium batteries before the fire department could arrive and put the blaze out, making it very difficult to save anything in the building.

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Lucid (nee Atieva) to build luxury electric cars in Arizona factory

Green Car Reports

Lucid Motors has become the latest startup automaker proposing to build electric cars in the U.S. The company—formerly known as Atieva—says it plans to break ground next year on a new factory in Casa Grande, Arizona.

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