Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

at select locations in “The Tennessee Triangle,” the 425-mile stretch of interstate highway that connects Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is becoming a major participant in The EV Project and will install 24 Blink electric vehicle (EV) chargers, provided by ECOtality, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Advanced batteries are vital to the entire clean energy economy, but the US currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power clean energy technologies. Tennessee Technological University. Leveraged with recipient cost share, this funding will help to provide more than $126 million.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

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.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In addition to Plug Power’s new green hydrogen production facility in California, Plug Power maintains a network of plants in New York, Tennessee, and Georgia that will help the company realize its goal of producing more than 1,000 tons per day of green hydrogen by 2028.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

and Rockwell Automation for automation on the shop floors of the Ford Blue Oval City, an approximately $6 billion mega manufacturing facility in Stanton, Tennessee. Last year, CleanTechnica reported on the collaboration between Ford Motor Corp.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

EV Market Stimulation in Divested Economies. Tennessee Technological University. Rural Reimagined: Building an EV Ecosystem and Green Economy for Transforming Lives in Economically Distressed Appalachia. Metropolitan Energy Center. Native Sun Community Power Development. Upper Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Charging Community Network.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 27, 2023

Ford stated in September 2021 that it would establish Ford BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky and Ford BlueOval City in Tennessee, two large sites dedicated to producing EVs and EV batteries.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

SK Group has several factories under construction in the United States, specifically in Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Ford and SK On’s battery park is expected to impact the local economy in Hardin County significantly. The legacy OEM and SK On also have another battery facility in Tennessee called BlueOval City.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 24, 2023

We also covered the company’s plans to go beyond the fences of its facility to do more to help make a true community around BlueOval City in West Tennessee. Back in September, we wrote about Ford’s plans for BlueOval City, its largest ever production facility, meant to propel them into the EV future. Now, we’re […]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

These projects will fuel the next round of research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities under H2@Scale’s multi-year initiative to fully realize hydrogen’s benefits across the economy. University of Tennessee: Knoxville. Developing a Workforce for a Hydrogen Technology Economy. Nikola Corporation. 2,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2020

The Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI) is an international collaborative spanning the electric and gas sectors that will help advance global, economy-wide deep decarbonization. With increasingly ambitious decarbonization goals from private companies and governments alike, existing technology is not enough to achieve those targets.

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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. —Tennessee Gov. Our economy is on fire—or maybe it’s electric.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 24, 2022

Tritium, the Australian company that manufacturers DC fast chargers, has completed its first US factory in Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

As a focal point for Plug Power’s green hydrogen network and the broader US hydrogen economy, Camden County, GA, presents many strategic advantages. Plug Power is investing $84 million in the facility, which is expected to create at least 24 jobs in the local community starting in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2018

All of these bioproducts can add great value to the economy and enhance their market value. in Washington State and the University of Tennessee. Yuan said current lignocellulose bioconversion refineries burn off 60% of the lignin produced. They will help with technical, economic and material analysis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

If finalized, the loan would support the company’s Alcoa, Tennessee, manufacturing facility (Tennessee Operations), where the company will produce high-strength aluminum for North American automakers looking to lightweight their vehicles. Earlier post.). Alcoa is licensing the technology to the industry at the request of auto OEMs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

While the Southeast lags behind national […]

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2022

The funding opportunity sponsors fundamental research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs needed to strengthen the US energy economy. The EFRC program was established in 2009 by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences within DOE’s Office of Science.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Such camera systems do exist—including one produced by GRIDSMART , a company located just a few miles from the ORNL campus in East Tennessee. Gee, “Estimating Vehicle Fuel Economy from Overhead Camera Imagery and Application for Traffic Control.” Karnowski, R. Eicholtz, J. Price, and T. 2470-1173.2020.6.IRIACV-070

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

GM will soon launch production at additional battery facilities in Tennessee and Michigan. GM says switching to the cheaper LFP batteries, combined with economies resulting from recycling the Bolt rather than developing a brand-new model, will deliver big savings. “I

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

After switching on the traction motors, the vehicle fuel economy increased from 50–100%. A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

This investment includes the continued development of GM’s Ultium battery technology, updating facilities such as Factory ZERO in Michigan and Spring Hill Manufacturing in Tennessee to build electric vehicles from globally sourced parts and investing in new sites like Ultium Cells LLC in Ohio as well as manufacturing and STEM jobs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

A study by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that increasing a vehicle’s speed from 60 to 70 mph results in an average 14% decrease in fuel economy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Micromobility (defined as shared bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters) could deliver substantial benefits to consumers and businesses around the world, including efficient and cost-effective travel, reduced traffic congestion, decreased emissions and a boost to the local economy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

economy over that period. With a strategy to streamline and simplify its operations and grow its business, GM has created 25,000 jobs in the US—approximately 19,000 engineering, IT and professional jobs and 6,000 hourly manufacturing jobs—and added nearly $3 billion in annual wages and benefits to the U.S.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

Operating out of a second headquarters established in New York, we’ve seen Einride’s all-electric and autonomous heavy-duty vehicles navigate corridors via remote operators based in Texas and, most recently, operations in Selmer, Tennessee, as part of a partnership with GE Appliances. freight system.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

4 manufactured in Chattanooga, Tennessee (in addition to the ID.3 The synergies afforded by economies of scale tend to lose momentum as volumes decline and there are very few automakers that will be able to continue selling automobiles with exceptionally broad margins. Meanwhile, demand seems to be increasing on the ID.4

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Ford, for instance, has gone on a hiring spree as they look to open and expand production facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee. Hopefully, these recent layoffs can find new work quickly despite the turbulent economy. Tesla has also seen a wave of hiring as the company pushes for a strong end of the year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Improving Network-wide Fuel Economy and Enabling Traffic Signal Optimization Using Infrastructure and Vehicle-based Sensing and Connectivity. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition. University of Alabama. AOI 15: Technology Integration Open Topic. National Fire Protection Association.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2014

The New Economy Initiative, a Detroit-based nonprofit, has committed $1 million over two years for capital expenses at the headquarters. Most of these jobs will be in the metal stamping, metalworking, machining and casting industries that are dominant in the Midwest.

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Teslarati

JULY 28, 2021

“With this capital, Redwood will be able to accelerate our mission to make battery materials sustainable and affordable, accomplishing the change we need in the world with a circular economy,” Straubel, CEO of Redwood Materials, said. Don’t hesitate to contact us with tips!

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Ford and SK Innovation plan to build a 3,600-acre campus in Stanton, Tennessee. Ford Coming to the rescue with jobs Ford will give a boost to the economies of two Southern states when it hires over 10,000 employees for new electric vehicle (EV) factories as part of the largest investment in the company’s 118-year history.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Ford and SK Innovation plan to build a 3,600-acre campus in Stanton, Tennessee. Ford Coming to the rescue with jobs Ford will give a boost to the economies of two Southern states when it hires over 10,000 employees for new electric vehicle (EV) factories as part of the largest investment in the company’s 118-year history.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

The hybrid truck will be utilized along two routes—a hilly route in Tennessee and a relatively flat one in Georgia—in order to evaluate the truck’s fuel economy under various driving conditions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2013

Nissan North America, $1.448 billion, January 2010: to retool its Smyrna, Tennessee assembly plant to manufacture all-electric automobiles in addition to existing Nissan vehicles, and to construct an advanced battery manufacturing facility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

This includes next generation vehicles, the sharing economy, and connected home products that enable real-time connectivity in the areas of security, efficiency, safety and convenience. The lab has partnered with universities, including MIT AgeLab, to fund research and participate in relevant discoveries on new trends.

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