article thumbnail

GE Appliances deploying fleet of electric trucks from Einride in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee

Green Car Congress

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, is deploying a fleet of electric freight vehicles on routes between the company’s inbound warehouses and its manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. We’ve adopted many environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices to reduce the carbon footprint of our operations.

Kentucky 418
article thumbnail

Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

Teslarati

Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. The Starfire Mine, Kentucky, was once one of the largest coal mines in the United States. It will be one of Kentucky’s largest renewable power projects once converted. The conversion is estimated to be a $1 billion solar project.

article thumbnail

Toyota to invest $1.3B to build EVs at its Kentucky plant

Baua Electric

billion investment in its Kentucky factory to build EVs, including its three-row electric SUV for the US market. The investment supports the previously announced future battery EV assembly at Toyota Kentucky. It’s also adding a battery pack assembly line, with batteries being supplied by Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina.

article thumbnail

Toyota will assemble Subaru 3-row EV in Kentucky, resources say

Baua Electric

which is scheduled to start out manufacturing in 2025. The joint building and manufacturing technique provides Subaru a bigger EV occasion permitting it to proceed to run at supremacy pace its U.S. Mum or dad corporate Subaru Corp. meeting plant in Lafayette, Ind., meeting plant in Lafayette, Ind.,

article thumbnail

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

article thumbnail

Kobe Steel to build aluminum extrusion and fabrication plant in Kentucky; bumper and car frame materials

Green Car Congress

will manufacture and sell aluminum extrusions for the automotive sector in the United States. KPEX) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In addition, higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for 2025 are accelerating the need to lighten car bodies. Japan-based Kobe Steel, Ltd. Total investment is expected to reach $46.7

Kentucky 150
article thumbnail

DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

Green Car Congress

The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. TOPIC 1: ELECTROLYZER MANUFACTURING R&D. University of Kentucky.