Electric Cars Report

JUNE 8, 2023

to evaluate batteries for electric and electrified vehicles in North America. As part of its evaluation process, the new Michigan battery lab will ensure that Toyota’s batteries meet North American […] The post Toyota to Build $50M Automotive Battery Lab at Michigan R&D Headquarters appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Michigan Toyota North America Building 120

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2023

Bollinger Motors has begun building design validation pilots of its B4 all-electric Class 4 chassis cabs for testing and demonstration. at its facility in Livonia, Michigan. is a US-based company headquartered in Oak Park, Michigan. Deliveries of the Bollinger B4 are expected to begin in July 2024.

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Electrek

JUNE 29, 2023

The State of Michigan – which sees 30% of all truck and rail freight between the US and Canada pass through it – is going to build an electric truck stop with Daimler and DTE Energy. more… The post Michigan is building a trailblazing electric truck stop with Daimler, DTE appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2022

General Motors will invest more than $7 billion in four Michigan manufacturing sites, significantly increasing battery cell and electric truck manufacturing capacity. Orion will be GM’s second assembly plant scheduled to build full-size electric pickups. This is the single largest investment announcement in GM history.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Talk of wireless charging roads for electric vehicles (EVs) has been underway for the past several years, but the first U.S. Whitmer and our partners at Michigan Central and Electreon, we can add the nation’s first wireless charging public roadway to that list of innovations.” completed in Michigan appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

NAVYA, a pioneer in developing and manufacturing autonomous vehicles, will establish its first assembly plant outside of Europe in Southeast Michigan. According to NAVYA’s Vice President of Sales, Henri Coron, the company has an immediate objective to build 20 vehicles at the new plant by the end of this year. In 2016, Michigan Gov.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Michigan utility Consumers Energy is committing to powering 1 million electric vehicles by 2030. The goal would support the auto industry’s goal to have electric vehicles be 50% of new sales by 2030. Today, there are about 30,000 registered EVs in Michigan, but electric vehicle sales have been growing by 20% annually.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gotion plans to build a battery components factory in rural Michigan, but the locals want no part of godless commies in their midst.

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Michigan Battery Batteries Building 115

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

announced today that its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant will begin the transition to become the company’s third vehicle manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, and Orion Assembly in Orion Township, Michigan. General Motors Co.

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Cadillac GM Building Yukon 248

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

billion) in Queen Creek, Arizona to build a new cylindrical battery plant with a total capacity of 11 GWh. The Arizona plant will be LGES’ second standalone facility in the US after one in Holland, Michigan. LG Energy Solution will invest 1.7 trillion won (US$1.39 LGES earlier announced $1.7 Earlier post.). LGES earlier announced $1.7

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Ford Motor Company announced that its Kansas City Assembly Plant will build the all-new E-Transit van, part of a more than $3.2 billion investment in Ford’s North American manufacturing facilities to produce a series of new electric vehicles for commercial and retail customers. arrives in mid-2022. The E-Transit arrives in late 2021.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In a recent press release, one of Canada’s largest companies, Magna, announced it is investing more than $500 million to expand its operations in three different locations in Southeast Michigan. Clair where it manufactures battery enclosures and plans to open new facilities to build powertrains in Shelby […].

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Michigan Shelby Canada Building 97

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Redwood Materials will build its next Battery Materials Campus just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. A corridor from Michigan to Georgia is becoming known as the “Battery Belt” and is where hundreds of GWh a year of battery cell production capacity will be built and start operating between now and 2030.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Ford today announced a significant move to LFP batteries for its electric vehicle line. The Dearborn company is tapping China’s CATL first for Chinese LFP batteries and then technology licensing for the previously rumored factory Ford plans to build in Michigan. more… The post Ford announces $3.5B

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Building on Ford’s commitment to American manufacturing, Ford announced today it is investing $3.5 billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed LFP battery plant, offering customers a second battery technology within Ford’s EV lineup.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 25, 2022

Today, General Motors made its $7 billion plan to expand electric vehicle and EV parts manufacturing in Michigan official. Additionally, it will build a new battery factory and convert an existing factory into a hub for manufacturing its electric pickup trucks. ” GM will spend $2.6 GM is investing $2.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries and systems, plans to spend $40 million to build a new headquarters complex in Novi, Michigan. The new 150,000 square foot campus will replace A123’s leased space in Livonia and Romulus, Michigan.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ford has said it will restart construction on the electric vehicle battery facility it’s building in Marshall, Michigan, after pausing work when the UAW strike kicked off a couple months ago. From Ford: While we remain bullish on our long-term strategy for electric vehicles, we are re-timing and resizing some investments.

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The Driven EV News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ford has been forced to temporarily cut one of three production shifts building the electric F-150 Lightning due to multiple constraints including supply chain issues. The post Supply chain issues force Ford to cut F-150 Lightning production in Michigan appeared first on The Driven.

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Electrek

MAY 18, 2021

US President Joe Biden is making the case for his electric vehicle plan today during a visit to a Ford Motor electric vehicle plant in Dearborn, Michigan, this afternoon. It’s ahead of Ford’s big reveal on Wednesday of the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Ford is expanding its production capacity for the company’s next-generation battery electric vehicles at a second North American plant. billion investment in global electric vehicles, Ford is expanding its BEV manufacturing footprint to its Flat Rock Assembly plant in southeast Michigan. Tied to the company’s $11.1-billion

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Ford may announce as early as next week that it will build a new $3.5 battery factory in Michigan where CATL will manufacture LFP batteries,

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Finances have been earmarked for a facility operated by subsidiary SK Siltron CSS to expand a plant located in Bay City, Michigan, which had previously expressed plans to build more chips. As a bonus, the program should also free up chips for automakers — especially in regard to electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

Chevrolet will introduce a Silverado electric pickup truck that will be built at the Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan ( earlier post ). The vehicles coming from Factory ZERO will change the world, and how the world views electric vehicles. —General Motors President Mark Reuss.

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Electrek

APRIL 6, 2021

GM today announced that it will build a new Chevrolet Silverado Electric Pickup alongside the new Hummer EV at the new Factory Zero in Michigan. more… The post GM to build Chevrolet Silverado Electric Pickup with 400-mile range at new Factory Zero appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 21, 2019

Ford Motor Company yesterday announced a plan to build future electric vehicles at a Michigan plant that currently makes the Ford Mustang. Ironically, the plant won’t be where Ford will ramp up production next year of its Mustang-influenced all-electric performance SUV; but the move represents an important shift for Ford.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs.

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Kentucky Tennessee Ford Building 397

Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2014

A little slice of India will soon be moving into Michigan, with the announcement that Mahindra will produce an electric two-wheeler at a factory in Ann Arbor. India''s Mahindra Group is investing in a 37,000 square-foot facility to produce the GenZe electric scooter.

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Michigan India Building Electrical 163

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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GM Building Battery Batteries 243

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Ford has become the #2 electric vehicle seller in the USA, but it’s also now #1 in something in the field. It’s the first automaker to state that it will produce both NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) and LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries for electric vehicles in the United States.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2021

General Motors is going all-in on its electric vehicle investment. The legacy automaker announced today that it would be building a new battery cell research and innovation facility, known as the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, in Warren, Michigan.

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Michigan GM Battery Batteries 137

Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Modern life runs on lithium-ion batteries , powering smartphones, laptops and electric cars alike. But as dominant as they’ve become, there are other ways to build a battery. Natron’s facility in Holland, Michigan, is funded in part by a nearly USD 20 million federal grant. Natron Energy Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The automaker recently announced a new Innovation Center in Michigan, where it will house design, engineering, and research efforts for its upcoming EV lineup. Scout looked to Michigan for its newest facility because of the incentives the state offers under its business development programs.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Michigan is planning to develop a wireless, in-road, electric vehicle charging road by next year, according to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office, which announced the plan today. “I am happy to see Michigan lead and keep building on these ground-breaking initiatives creating new business opportunities and high-tech jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

billion at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. GM’s first all-electric truck will be a pickup with production scheduled to begin in late 2021. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first fully-dedicated electric vehicle assembly plant. General Motors will invest $2.2

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CN EV Post

MARCH 30, 2023

As with Ford's deal structure, Tesla would own and operate the plant while licensing technology from CATL , according to Bloomberg. | TSLA.US (Image credit: CnEVPost) Tesla is reportedly looking to build a new battery factory with CATL in the US, similar to the Chinese battery-maker giant's deal with Ford last month. Ford to build $3.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

billion in five of its existing Michigan plants, and will work with the city of Detroit and state of Michigan on building a new assembly plant within city limits. In addition to the new Jeep models, the plant would continue building the Ram 1500 Classic, which is being extended to meet market demand.

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