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Toyota 3-row EVs, Tesla price cuts, electric G-wagen, airless tires: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Which EV brand has the lowest ownership costs of any automotive brand? That complements the other Toyota 3-row electric SUV set to be made in Kentucky in 2025. And Mazda has applied its design flair to an EZ-6 electric sedan that incorporates tech from China’s Changan Automobile. If this model arrives in the U.S.,

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

Green Car Congress

In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. Doubling the length of a turbine blade can help quadruple the amount of electricity generated. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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GAO report finds DOE not actively considering any applications for Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program

Green Car Congress

Loans awarded were: Ford Motor Company, $5.907 billion, Sep 2009: to upgrade factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio and to introduce new technologies to raise the fuel efficiency of more than a dozen popular vehicles.

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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford Asks UAW to End Strike

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Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world , the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. Ford said the strike at the Kentucky plant is harming tens of thousands of Americans who work for parts suppliers and Ford dealers. We will continue to be there when America needs us most.”

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