article thumbnail

QM Power and University of Kentucky demonstrate 50 kW/liter electric motor; DOE 2025 power density goal

Green Car Congress

QM Power and the SPARK Lab at University of Kentucky shared the combined results of a large-scale, multi-objective design optimization study, and lab testing of a prototype motor designed to meet the 2025 power density goals set by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Exploded view of the proposed PM motor.

Kentucky 396
article thumbnail

LOTTE Chemical, LOTTE Aluminum to build $238.7M cathode foil plant in Kentucky

Green Car Congress

LOTTE Chemical announced a joint venture with LOTTE Aluminium to build a manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to produce 36,000 tons of cathode foil, a type of ultra-thin aluminum foil that is a core material used in EV batteries. Since June 2020, Kentucky has seen more than $8.5 In September 2021, Gov.

Kentucky 321
article thumbnail

Ford to invest C$1.8 billion in Oakville complex for EV manufacturing in Canada

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company is investing C$1.8 billion) in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada. The transformed campus will feature a new 407,000 square-foot on-site battery plant that will utilize cells and arrays from BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky.

Canada 397
article thumbnail

Toyota to begin assembling fuel cell modules for heavy-duty trucks at Kentucky plant in 2023

Green Car Congress

Starting in 2023, a dedicated line at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) will begin assembling integrated dual fuel cell (FC) modules destined for use in hydrogen-powered, heavy-duty commercial trucks. —David Rosier, Toyota Kentucky powertrain head.

Kentucky 243
article thumbnail

Ford and UAW reached a tentative local agreement at Kentucky plant

Teslarati

The United Automotive Workers (UAW) have come to a tentative local agreement at a Ford factory in Kentucky, after the union threatened to put the site’s almost 9,000 workers on strike last week if a deal wasn’t reached. The post Ford and UAW reached a tentative local agreement at Kentucky plant appeared first on TESLARATI.

article thumbnail

Rivian spends $10M in remanufacturing facility in Kentucky

Teslarati

Rivian plans to spend $10 million in a remanufacturing facility in Kentucky as the automaker continues to ramp up production of its all-electric vehicles. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Rivian would invest $10 million in the plant and plans to upgrade its current facility. I look forward to their continued success here.”

article thumbnail

Kentrucky: Ford Announces Investments in Kentucky, But It’s For More Than Super Duty Trucks

CleanTechnica EVs

As part of the Ford+ plan for growth and value-creation, Ford Motor Company is investing $700 million in new investment and creating 500 additional hourly manufacturing jobs in Kentucky. This will support an all-new F-Series Super Duty pickup being built at Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville.