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GreenTech Auto shutters its doors, closes Mississippi factory

Green Car Reports

The harsh reality of high costs and the inexorable heft of the auto industry have claimed another electric-car startup. GreenTech Automotive opened a plant in Mississippi in 2014, first saying it would manufacture a small, two-seat electric vehicle called the MyCar there.

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Toyota begins Corolla production in Mississippi

Green Car Congress

Toyota opened Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi (TMMMS), the company’s new $800-million plant outside of Tupelo that assembles the Corolla. Toyota will use the launch of local production of its mainstay Corolla passenger car to recapture lost market share in North America, the Nikkei suggested. Toyota’s Buffalo, W.

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Mississippi State University Takes First in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition With Biodiesel EREV

Green Car Congress

Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, Calif. The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team chose to design an EREV hybrid with a 21.3 kWh battery pack coupled with a GM 110 kW Electric Traction Motor and 75 kW UQM generator. It includes a 4-cylinder 1.3L

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Rivian is offering attractive R1T, R1S lease deals starting as low as $559 per month

Baua Electric

It can even has sports car performance with a 0 to 60 mph sprint in as little as 3 seconds. With up to 400 miles estimated range and 104 cu ft of storage, the electric SUV can haul gear, car seats, and camping equipment or take the entire family on an adventure. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

Green Car Congress

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. This is OSU’s fourth consecutive win. The team earned 895 out of 1000 overall points. Industry and government officials judged the presentations.

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Honda and Nissan points to partnership for EVs, hybrids, software

Baua Electric

GM moved on to a strategy that drops the separate small-car platform but resurrects the Chevy Bolt EV on a lower budget. The automaker also plans larger Nissan and Infiniti EVs for assembly in Mississippi starting in 2026.

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Honda and Nissan points to partnership for EVs, hybrids, software

Baua Electric

GM moved on to a strategy that drops the separate small-car platform but resurrects the Chevy Bolt EV on a lower budget. The automaker also plans larger Nissan and Infiniti EVs for assembly in Mississippi starting in 2026.

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