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Toyota will assemble an all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV at Toyota Kentucky starting in 2025. Production at the Liberty plant is slated to begin in 2025 with six battery production lines, four for hybrid electric vehicles and two for BEVs.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

the parent company of the Tokyo-based specialty chemicals group Toyo Ink Group, has established a new manufacturing subsidiary, LioChem e-Materials LLC, for the production of Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions used in lithium-ion battery (LiB) cathodes. Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., in Georgia. in Georgia.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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.

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APRIL 28, 2023

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. In less than three years, more than $10.6

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

billion investment in its Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly plant to prepare for production of a 3-row electric SUV. This additional money, which brings the plant’s total investment to nearly $10 billion, “supports the previously announced future BEV assembly at Toyota Kentucky,” according to a company press release.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Ford is increasing production of two popular full-size SUVs to meet increasing retail demand for both models. The company is increasing line speed at its Kentucky Truck Plant to build more Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition SUVs, boosting production targets approximately 25% since last fall when the SUVs hit the market.

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APRIL 26, 2024

billion investment in the automaker’s Kentucky plant, to build a separate three-row battery-electric SUV. A Thursday report from Automotive News suggests that with this vehicle due for Indiana in 2026, the Kentucky plant’s EV due for production in 2025 might be a Toyota bZ5X. billion investment in the plant.

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MARCH 25, 2014

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. Toyota estimates the locally-generated landfill gas will supply enough power each year for the production of 10,000 vehicles. Underground transmission lines will then carry the electricity to Toyota’s manufacturing plant, located a few miles south of the landfill.

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MAY 31, 2023

made electrical car in Kentucky origination in 2025, the automaker mentioned Wednesday. Toyota will create the three-row electrical crossover at its biggest manufacturing plant globally, in Georgetown, Ky. It is going to have six battery manufacturing traces, 4 for hybrid cars and two for electrical cars. Toyota Motor Corp.

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MAY 31, 2023

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc (TMMK) will produce the all-electric, three-row SUV starting in 2025. This is incredible news that furthers Kentucky as the center of the electric vehicle sector,” said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. TMMK is located in Georgetown, Kentucky, and made its first Camry in May 1988.

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APRIL 10, 2017

billion investment in Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. In 2015, Toyota announced it was investing $1 billion in a new TNGA plant in Guanajuato, Mexico—the first designed from the ground up with TNGA production engineering technologies. It also allows for a more flexible production environment.

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JUNE 22, 2023

billion to BlueOval SK LLC (BOSK) for the construction of three manufacturing plants to produce batteries for Ford Motor Company’s future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles. Together, the plants, one located in Tennessee and two in Kentucky, will enable more than 120 GWh of US battery production annually. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 28, 2024

Ford is cutting its F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds as the company continues to try and ramp manufacturing of electric vehicles and work toward profitability. This amounts to 700 production employees. The post Ford cutting F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds appeared first on TESLARATI.

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JUNE 9, 2023

By adding these critical evaluation capabilities around automotive batteries, our team is positioned to better serve the needs of our customers, including Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, the latter of which will soon be assembling the recently announced all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Ford Motor Company plans to raise production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand, Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with the University of Kentucky and their subcontractor Virginia Tech to demonstrate a novel process for the extraction of REEs from coal using plasma. The collaborators researched using low-temperature plasma to pretreat coal-based materials resourced from West Kentucky No.

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MAY 8, 2012

This investment will increase engine production at the Kentucky plant to more than 500,000 annually and will increase total engine production in the United States to more than 1.2 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky (TMMK) currently assembles engines for the Avalon, Camry and Venza, all built at TMMK.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

which is scheduled to start out manufacturing in 2025. With the ones smaller crossovers, Toyota led on production occasion Subaru contributed its off-road prowess. With the ones smaller crossovers, Toyota led on production occasion Subaru contributed its off-road prowess. meeting plant in Lafayette, Ind.,

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Aleris will invest $350 million to upgrade capabilities at its aluminum rolling mill in Lewisport, Kentucky. The investment positions Aleris to meet anticipated significant growth in North American automotive demand as the industry pursues broader aluminum use for the production of lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Objectives include expanding EV technology and charging infrastructure to remove obstacles to adoption and improve the customer experience, and EV and battery manufacturing to reduce emissions. A significant portion of related financing will go toward accelerating Ford’s leadership in electric vehicles.

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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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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing. performing metals and alloys by removing technological barriers to their manufacture.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Toyota is expanding the production of its hybrid powertrains to the US. million in five US manufacturing plants to support production of its first US-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. —Jeff Moore, senior vice president for Manufacturing.

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MAY 9, 2016

will manufacture and sell aluminum extrusions for the automotive sector in the United States. The new business will operate through a company called Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. KPEX) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Japan-based Kobe Steel, Ltd. KPEX will make bumper materials for cars and car frame materials.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

However, a new report shows that the Japanese company is now looking to accelerate into BEVs faster than initially planned, with an updated production target for the year after next. The news comes after a Toyota executive said earlier this week that it was learning casting techniques from other manufacturers in the EV space.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

US-based graphite processor Urbix ( earlier post ) announced a Joint Development Agreement with global EV battery developer and manufacturer SK On (SKO). For Urbix, the agreement accelerates its plans to establish a commercial US anode production facility that will produce 28,500 tons of anode products per annum by 2025.

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MAY 6, 2022

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) said in March 2021 that it would invest $5 billion into potential electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing sites in North America. BMW and Ford have assembly plants in North Carolina and Kentucky, which makes a potential partnership with CATL both likely and ideal, considering the location alone.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This all-new battery production facility in Michigan will add approximately 35 gigawatt hours per year of new battery capacity for Ford in the US initially—capable of powering approximately 400,000 future Ford EVs. Limited (CATL), the world’s leading battery manufacturer. With this $3.5-billion

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MAY 3, 2023

SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with US graphite company Westwater Resources (WWR) as part of efforts to strengthen its battery raw material supply chain in North America following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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JUNE 8, 2023

The new 30 GWh battery plant builds on AESC’s existing battery manufacturing network that includes a plant in operation in Tennessee and another plant under construction in Kentucky. Aligning with the company’s global commitment to sustainability, the new manufacturing plant will be 100% powered by clean energy.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

SK On, a global electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a lithium supply deal with Australia’s Lake Resources ( earlier post ), a move that will further strengthen its key battery materials supply chain in response to robust business growth and geopolitical risks. They are expected to be operational from 2025. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 8, 2023

production operations in recent times, essentially to assistance electrification. The post Toyota to manufacture $48M EV battery lab in Michigan appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Toyota stated it invested greater than $8 billion in U.S. Toyota and its Lexus emblem deal 22 electrified automobile choices within the U.S.

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JULY 27, 2022

Volkswagen of America (VWoA) has started of production of its all-electric ID.4 In addition, a rear-wheel-drive version with a 62kWh battery will go into production later in 2022, with a lower MSRP. billion over the next five years in the North American region to boost its product portfolio, regional R&D and manufacturing capabilities.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

New data from Bloomberg states that Tesla’s Fremont Factory in Northern California was the most-productive automotive plant in the U.S., Last year, Tesla’s Fremont Factory averaged a weekly production pace of 8,550 vehicles. Then in 1984, Toyota’s New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc partnered with GM to run the plant.

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APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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APRIL 15, 2015

Toyota is embarking on a multi-year plan to realign its manufacturing operations in North America in support of the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) ( earlier post ), a comprehensive approach to achieving sustainable growth by making ever-better vehicles more efficiently. TMMK) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.

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