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Rivian in talks with Illinois about incentives ahead of R2 production

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Rivian is now in discussions about a new incentive arrangement with the state of Illinois, after the electric vehicle (EV) maker unveiled its upcoming R2 SUV earlier this week, now set to be built within the state. Rivian also says the EVs will have DC fast-charging capabilities, featuring both an NACS and CCS charging option.

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For fleet consumers, Ford Professional FinSimple is ‘one-stop store’

Baua Electric

Ford Motor Co. FinSimple deals a industrial form of credit score for fleets of any dimension, automobile leasing and buying in addition to charging infrastructure for industrial EVs. It’s device, charging, provider, finance and so they all come in combination to put together it tremendous easy for the client.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. University of Illinois. with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign team will. contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Research, TECO Westinghouse Motor.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

which is located at the end of a peninsula, and boarded a lobster boat, motoring out into water so shockingly cold it can induce lethal hypothermia in as little as 30 minutes. Even something as simple as putting in an order at a McDonald’s drive-through in Illinois has raised legal questions about collecting biometric data without consent.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Electric vehicles require new or re-tooled factories , each requiring thousands of employees. employees engaged in motor vehicle parts manufacturing, about one-quarter—nearly 150,000—make components for internal combustion powertrains.”. Each mine and factory will need hundreds of workers to operate them.

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