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Tesla Semi Megacharger route still plausible despite Biden admin rejection: report

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As noted in a TechCrunch report, Tesla was looking to secure almost $100 million from the administration’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant program. Tesla wanted nearly $100 million to build an 1,800-mile, 9-station charging corridor for EV big rigs.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation – Charged EVs

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What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials. Charged : I know that rare earths are used for a lot of high-tech applications, but just narrowing things down to EVs, are they used in any other EV components besides magnets?

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation

Charged EVs

What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials. Charged : I know that rare earths are used for a lot of high-tech applications, but just narrowing things down to EVs, are they used in any other EV components besides magnets?

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will include 27 alternative fuel stations (16 CNG, 7 B20/E85, one B20, three Electric Charging) and deploy 373 alternative fuel and advance technology vehicles (235 CNG, 58 HEV, two LPG, two EV). The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.