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GM investing $500M+ in Arlington Assembly for future ICE SUVs

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Arlington Assembly builds GM’s entire portfolio of full-size SUVs: Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV and Escalade-V, helping the company lead the industry in this segment for the 48th straight year in 2022. The Yukon Denali Ultimate trim also tied for first in the J.D.

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GM investing $2B in Spring Hill plant to build EVs, starting with Cadillac LYRIQ

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The facility will build both traditionally powered Cadillac products and EVs. Newly announced planned investments include: $2 billion will be invested in Spring Hill Manufacturing to build fully electric vehicles including the luxury Cadillac LYRIQ. The all-new Cadillac LYRIQ will be the first EV produced at Spring Hill.

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USGS investing more than $5.8M in critical-minerals mapping in Alaska

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Credit: Kmusser In addition, these funds include grants to the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys to conduct geologic mapping in the Chena portion of the Yukon-Tanana region of east-central Alaska, building on earlier Earth MRI geophysical data collection and USGS research.

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Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Turquoise Hill for $3.1B

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The transaction closed following approval from the Yukon court in Canada and the majority of TRQ minority shareholders supporting the deal. At peak production, Oyu Tolgoi is expected to produce 500,000 tonnes per annum of copper—equivalent to what’s needed to build: 16,400 electric vehicles per day. Earlier post.)

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Where Minus 35 Is Perfect Weather to Get Outside

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Frozen hair is a nuisance in most places, but at the Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs in Whitehorse, Yukon, it’s a higher calling. Destination Canada, the national tourism board, has increasingly promoted festivals like Yukon Rendezvous along with other wintry experiences. Baker-Johnson said.

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GMC Hummer EV sports its massive size alongside full-size SUV

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The GMC Hummer EV is finally making its way to dealerships on the East Coast, sporting its massive size as it sits alongside a GMC Yukon, one of the automaker’s largest sport utility vehicles. In a GMC showroom in North Carolina, the Hummer EV sits just behind a GMC Yukon, an SUV with a notoriously large size. inch wheelbase.

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Taking the Long Way Home From Alaska

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7, 1941, the United States, in cooperation with the Canadian authorities, set out to build a highway from British Columbia to Alaska, then a territory and viewed as vulnerable to attack by Japan. Yukon wilderness Nearly 600 miles of the Alaska Highway traverse the Yukon. Within months of the Pearl Harbor bombing on Dec.

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