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Toyota to collaborate with Redwood Materials on sustainable, closed-loop electrified vehicle battery ecosystem

Green Car Congress

This focuses not only on the collection, testing and recycling of batteries into raw materials to create a sustainable supply chain, but also aims to develop second-life opportunities for remanufactured and repurposed Toyota hybrid electric vehicle batteries by leveraging battery health screening tools and empowering data from its vehicles.

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Report: Toyota To Build Subaru Three-Row EV in Kentucky

The Truth About Cars

Its Kentucky facility is getting a multi-million-dollar retooling to support EV production and will eventually source batteries from another Toyota plant in North Carolina. Toyota’s variant is expected to wear the bZ5X name, and the automaker will start building the Subaru version shortly after its own.

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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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Toyota and Redwood Materials partnership takes the next step

Teslarati

Now, their partnership is taking the next step, as Toyota will source cathode active materials and anode copper foil from Redwood at the automaker’s upcoming North Carolina battery manufacturing plant.

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NC Transportation Center

Plug In Partners

I t's fair to say that the plug in hybrid ( watch video ) was born in California at UC Davis through the vision and tenacity of Andy Frank; but now, as the idea and the technology begins to mature and spread, another State and another University is joining the effort: Here's the story from Channel Nine news : N.C. Duke Energy Corp.

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Trek highlights green credentials of plug-ins

Green Cars News

How do you prove the benefits of a plug-in hybrid car to the public? A Florida car dealer set a mission to drive 1,100 miles in a Toyota Prius, which had been modified as a plug-in hybrid, while burning as little petrol as possible. Why set yourself a mechanical challenge of course.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

He said Toyota’s 2010 Prius hybrid electric gets about 10 miles range on pure battery, while the planned Chevy Volt will get 40. He said Toyota’s 2010 Prius hybrid electric gets about 10 miles range on pure battery, while the planned Chevy Volt will get 40. It will have 100 miles of pure battery range,” Mr. Perry said.

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