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Auto Dealers Lobby To Close Oklahoma Tesla Service Center

CleanTechnica EVs

Auto dealers are lobbying to close down a Tesla service center in Oklahoma. Oklahoma legacy auto dealers want to shut down our OK […].

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The US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery will be in Oklahoma

Baua Electric

Stardust Power , a lithium refiner supplying the EV sector, is going to build the US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery in Oklahoma. The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa, and is expected to be capable of producing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually.

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A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

Baua Electric

Photo: Avangrid Orange, Connecticut-based clean energy giant Avangrid just made its first leap into Oklahoma with a new wind farm project. Avangrid, which is part of the Iberdrola Group, is setting up the Pontotoc Wind project in Pontotoc County, southeast of Oklahoma City. ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Oklahoma Teen Allegedly Defrauded a Car Dealership Out of Almost $100,000

The Truth About Cars

An Oklahoma teen recently flipped the script on that narrative and is accused of defrauding an Oklahoma City dealer out of almost $100,000. Zachry Brent Bailey, 19 years old, allegedly made transfers on two auto loan accounts to make it seem like he owed much less on the loans than he really did.

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Oklahoma and Colorado governors pitch CNG vehicle initiative to US auto manufacturers

Green Car Congress

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy Michael Ming, and Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce Dave Lopez met with US auto manufacturers in Detroit to pitch a multi-state, bi-partisan compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle initiative. In April, Govs. —Gov.

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Tesla Service Centers in Oklahoma in jeopardy after HB3994 heads to House

Teslarati

Tesla Service Centers in Oklahoma are in jeopardy following the unanimously passed HB3994 that aims to make manufacturers unable to service or sell cars directly to consumers in the State. HB3994 is a House bill that could end Tesla Service Center locations in Oklahoma as we know it. The bill was passed with a unanimous vote of 11-0.

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Opinion: As Auto Dealerships Profit, Politricks Mingle

CleanTechnica EVs

It seems as if there have been a number of proposed anti-EV bills being put forth in many states, ranging from West Virginia to Oklahoma, while […]. However, it’s just a theory of mine, but I’d like to explore it and share it here.