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Panasonic selects Kansas as site of its North American 4680 plant: report

Teslarati

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic has reportedly decided to build its next battery plant in Kansas, USA. The facility is expected to provide high-capacity 4680 battery cells to American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla. Panasonic has adopted a number of aggressive targets for its battery production activities.

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Mapping federal charging network, EV charging tax, Mazda on EV range: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Kansas looks at taxing charging. And will EV range keep getting longer as batteries improve? A group helps map out the federal EV charging network. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Will future EVs keep offering longer range than previous models? Consider the CEO of Mazda in the U.S.

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Tesla battery supplier Panasonic to increase battery production at Giga Nevada

Teslarati

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic is accelerating plans to increase battery cell production at Gigafactory Nevada. Increasing battery production at Giga Nevada would likely help Tesla increase its vehicle production capacity and benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) electric vehicle (EV) tax credits.

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Redwood Materials receives conditional commitment for $2B DOE loan for battery materials campus project

Green Car Congress

Redwood will draw upon this milestone-based financing in tranches that support phased construction and allows the company to unlock funding as it accelerates the construction and expansion of its first battery materials campus. This will provide enough battery materials to produce more than one million electric vehicles a year domestically.

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Route Zero Relay Kicks Off EV Road Trip

Electric Auto Association

Find the Most Up-to-Date EV Tax Credit Guide The IRA federal EV tax credit has numerous battery material and domestic manufacturing requirements. Download our EV Tax Credit Guide and find which EV models make the cut for a full or half tax credit as of early April 2023. See more on the EV fact sheet.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. Also, batteries can be reused for other purposes, and the minerals in batteries can be recycled almost infinitely. Thanks to federal regulations, EV batteries are required to be 8 years or 100,000 miles.

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Li-ion Polymer Battery Maker Kokam America Is Partner of Choice for Smith Electric Vehicles US; Kokam JV With Dow Targeted at Scaling Up Production

Green Car Congress

When Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp (SEV-US) announced on 27 March its selection of Kansas City, Missouri as the site for its US assembly plant for electric commercial vehicles ( earlier post ), SEV-US CEO Bryan Hansel named Kokam America (also based in Missouri) as the electric vehicle company’s battery “ partner of choice. ”

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