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

Baua Electric

It’s also adding a battery pack assembly line, with batteries being supplied by Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina. In October 2023, Toyota announced it would invest an additional $8 billion in its North Carolina EV battery plant, which it first announced in December 2021, to make batteries for its EVs and PHEVs.

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Detect Solar Flares and Gamma-Ray Bursts for Less Than $100

Cars That Think

The solar-flare monitor consists of a coil antenna and external “sound card,” which connects to a laptop computer. Solar flares—and rare astronomical events called gamma-ray bursts—can alter the ionosphere enough to change how radio signals propagate in this waveguide. monitor space weather. There’s a long history of.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Louis, and north of Florida. The chapter scheduled pre-events that stretched for nearly 3 weeks before NDEW began. We started off with a bang,” recalled Erb. The reason for the instant success?

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

North Carolina chapter spawns an LEV training business. Smith had introduced LEVs at DiscoverE programs in Central North Carolina middle and high schools. Additionally, the LEV Technician Training and Certification program has been merged into semester-long courses at Virginia and North Carolina colleges.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council , climate change contributes to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes, as well as long-term drought and regularly occurring heat events in traditionally moderate climate zones. The EPICS contest asked students and faculty at U.S.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

Successful 2021 events widen scope and participation. EVHybridNoire members at the Atlanta National Drive Electric Week event. National Drive Electric Week event hosts from across North America feel the same way. When it came to their event, Hankins and friends added a classic car show component to attract more guests. “We

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

Successful 2021 events widen scope and participation. EVHybridNoire members at the Atlanta National Drive Electric Week event. National Drive Electric Week event hosts from across North America feel the same way. When it came to their event, Hankins and friends added a classic car show component to attract more guests. “We