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Cirba Solutions and General Motors extend collaboration on EV battery recycling

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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.

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Tesla supplier LGES to quadruple investment in Arizona battery plant to $5.5 billion

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Tesla supplier LG Energy Solution plans to increase its investment in an Arizona battery plant from $1.4 The LGES battery plant is located in Queen Creek, Arizona. The South Korean battery manufacturer plans to build two manufacturing facilities in Arizona. billion battery production facility in Arizona.

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

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billion battery production facility in Arizona as demand for electric vehicles throughout the United States skyrockets. The Arizona plant will be LGES’s first-ever U.S. “LGES will provide the most dependable, competitive and advanced products to rise as the best business partner that our clients value and trust.”

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Georgia Tech named winner of DOE/GM/Mathworks EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The final year of the four-year competition challenged teams to test, prove, and refine their work from the previous three years, mimicking a real-world automotive product development cycle. The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third.

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GM self-driving unit Cruise to re-launch human-operated testing

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The General Motors (GM) self-driving unit Cruise has announced plans to resume driver-operated vehicle testing in Arizona, after an accident with one of its driverless taxis in October left a pedestrian severely injured. At the time of writing, the CPUC has not responded to Teslarati’s request for updates on the matter.

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GM has built 130 Bolt EVs with next-generation autonomous technology

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General Motors has completed production of 130 Chevrolet Bolt EV test vehicles equipped with its next generation of self-driving technology at its Orion Assembly Plant located in Orion Township, Michigan. To achieve what we want from self-driving cars, we must deploy them at scale. —Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt.

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Tesla battery supplier LG Energy Solution considering sites for Europe factory

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The company also stated that it would ramp up its battery production activities in Asia outside China, especially amidst the country’s ongoing Covid-related challenges. Apart from supplying industry leader Tesla, LG also supplies electric vehicle batteries to companies such as Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors.

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