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KORE will get conditional OK for $850M U.S. mortgage for EV battery plant

Baua Electric

The corporate plans to faucet the Section of Power’s Complex Era Cars Production mortgage program, which expanded with the passage of the Inflation Relief Operate in 2022. This system now trade in $412 billion in low-interest loans to firms onshoring the build of fuel-efficient automobiles and their elements.

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Honeywell and suppliers to invest ~$300M to boost production of HFO-1234yf low GWP MAC coolant

Green Car Congress

Honeywell and key suppliers will invest approximately $300 million to increase production capacity for HFO-1234yf, its low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems in automobiles. Earlier post.) HFO-1234yf’s GWP is 99.9% lower than that of HFC-134a, the current refrigerant in use (GWP = 1,300).

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Startup V-Vehicle Company to Assemble selects Monroe, La., to begin assembling new automobiles and create 1,400 jobs

Green Car Congress

Founded and led by Frank Varasano—formerly with BoozAllenHamilton and an executive with Oracle Corporation—VVC is backed by private sector investors including the Silicon Valley venture capital firm KPCB, T. San Diego, California-based startup V-Vehicle Company (VVC) will begin assembling cars in Monroe, LA.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

The Truth About Cars

& They’ve been joined by Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming in the suit.& Swelling vehicle prices was another issue.&

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Honeywell partners with Asahi Glass to boost production of HFO-1234yf

Green Car Congress

AGC) to increase production for HFO-1234yf, a new refrigerant for automobiles with a global warming potential (GWP) of less than 1. We continue to work with our customers to anticipate long-term demand, which will be met by a new high-volume manufacturing plant we will build in Geismar, Louisiana. This GWP is 99.9% Europe and Asia.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I spent 33 years in the automobile business, the equivalent of 96 human years. I also worked with senior executives& of well-respected automobile companies who were total sleazebags. I first met& “Perry” at a Honda dealership& in Louisiana in 1986. & These are their stories. Customers absolutely adored him.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

Green Car Congress

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). So we will be moving forward with one national standard very soon.