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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. Since 2006, the Kentucky plant has been a zero-landfill facility. As solid waste naturally breaks down in a landfill, it creates biogas.

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MAY 17, 2021

MP Materials has received a $3-million award from the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a feasibility study, working with the University of Kentucky (UK), on a system to produce rare earth oxides, metals, and other critical materials recovered from coal by-products. Mountain Pass facility. Source: MP Materials.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. Hydrometallurgical Production of Domestic Metals for Energy Transition ($2,949,395). Earlier post.)The Columbia University.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Together, the plants, one located in Tennessee and two in Kentucky, will enable more than 120 GWh of US battery production annually. The project is expected to create a total of approximately 5,000 constructions jobs in Tennessee and Kentucky, and 7,500 operations jobs once the plants are up and running. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

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. million per year.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Seven Midwestern states have signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate hydrogen production, potentially providing a fuel supply for fuel-cell semi trucks.

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2022

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) said it would begin supplying German automaker BMW with cylindrical battery cells for its next generation of electric vehicles beginning in 2025. The post CATL to supply BMW with cylindrical cells for EVs starting in 2025 appeared first on TESLARATI. 0-60 MPH acceleration tops out at just 4.4

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Green Car Congress

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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MAY 9, 2016

The new business will operate through a company called Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. KPEX) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The new company will have an integrated production facility, with operations ranging from melting to fabrication. Japan-based Kobe Steel, Ltd.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. It will produce enough material to supply more than 250,000 electric vehicles annually. Of that, $1.6

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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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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2022

CATL is now moving closer to locking in a plant in the United States, according to an exclusive report from Reuters , which said the Chinese battery maker is now vetting sites in South Carolina and Kentucky. Tesla, which has a supply deal with CATL , was not discussed in the report for the potential plants in South Carolina or Kentucky.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford was one of the first full-line US automakers to pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its vehicles, operations and supply chain in alignment with goals of the accord. This pledge is backed by science-based interim targets the automaker intends to achieve by 2035.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

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. The IRA intends to aid investment in US domestic energy production and manufacturing, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions by roughly 40% before 2030.

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JUNE 4, 2022

USDA is making payments to 195 biofuel production facilities to support the maintenance and viability of a significant market for agricultural producers of products such as corn, soybean or biomass that supply biofuel production. Its biomass-based diesel production suffered a market loss on almost 3.5

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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. Under the agreement, AESC will supply battery cells for next-generation electric vehicle models produced at BMW’s Spartanburg plant.

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Green Car Congress

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. The EV battery will be supplied by SK Innovation located in Georgia. 4 compact SUV in Chattanooga, Tenn., 4 and Atlas SUV family.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Toyota confirmed a 3-row electric SUV in 2023, due for 2025 production in Kentucky. While we expected that to be the look of the Kentucky-built three-row SUV, maybe in production it will instead look more like the Highlander. 2024 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Toyota also showed the Land Cruiser Se concept SUV last fall.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Global lithium ion production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade based on current plans, as companies accelerate gigafactory construction in Europe and the US, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Battery capacity is currently growing at twice the speed of lithium raw material supply.

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Teslarati

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. Most impressively, Tesla has continued to expand its yearly production capacity as a company.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Four rare earth elements (REEs) recovery projects managed by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) ( earlier post ) have made significant progress in the development of a domestic supply of REEs from coal and coal by-products by successfully producing REE concentrates.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

These indicate that veteran automakers are taking a serious step toward mass electric vehicle production. . billion in battery development and production within the United States. Toyota expects the battery plant to start production in 2025 and expand through 2031, offering about 1,750 jobs. Toyota’s US Battery 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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JULY 7, 2022

Extracting or recycling REE from new sources, like low-grade ores and tailings, while using natural products could be game-changing for the REE supply chain. Although the US has adequate domestic REE resources, its supply chain is vulnerable due to dependence on foreign entities for separation and purification of these elements.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) have been striking against the Big Three (Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis) for over a month now, and layoffs due to supply chain disruptions have also been ongoing. The UAW’s strikes earlier this month targeted the Kentucky factory, resulting in a walkout of around 9,000 workers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

is supplying ultracapacitors to ABB for its recent contract win to upgrade Philadelphia area rail lines. —Jacques Poulin, ABB’s product manager for energy storage and rail. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries (NAATBatt) ( earlier post ) has selected a site in Hardin County, Kentucky to build a more than $600-million automotive lithium-ion battery plant. Kentucky was selected over Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

Volkswagen of America announced earlier today it has started production of its flagship electric vehicle in the United States, the ID.4, The factory is the sixth EV production site for VW vehicles. The EV battery will be supplied by SK Innovation located in Georgia,” VW said. 4, at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $64 million in Fiscal Year 2020 funding for 18 projects that will support the H2@Scale vision for affordable hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and use. University of Kentucky. Hexagon R & D LLC. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost. University of Virginia.

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JULY 22, 2022

The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. This creates even more capacity for high-demand products and provides customers many years of operation with minimal range loss. BHP: For nickel supply from BHP’s Nickel West operations in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. An all-new $5.6-billion billion mega-campus in Stanton, Tenn. (a

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

However, that electric SUV will be built at its Kentucky plant, set for production next year. The batteries will be supplied from its new EV battery plant in North Carolina, slated to go online in 2025. A spokesperson clarified (via Automotive News ) that this new three-row electric SUV will be a separate, larger model.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As per recent reports, this pivot would be evident in the United States, which would see domestic production of Toyota electric cars as early as 2025. Nikkei Asia noted on Tuesday that Toyota would start producing electric vehicles in Kentucky as early as 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Concentrations of rare earths at 300 ppm are integral to the commercial viability of extracting REEs from coal and coal by-products, making NETL’s finding significant in the effort to develop economical domestic supplies of these elements. Rare Earth Elements from Coal andCoal By-Products. dependent on foreign REE imports.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2019

The new investments include adding Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Lexus ES 300 Hybrid vehicle production at its Georgetown, Ky. In Alabama, Toyota’s $288,000,000 investment will increase annual engine capacity from 670,000 to 900,000 by the end of 2021 to increase product flexibility and better accommodate market demand. facility.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 30, 2023

In her untouched function, Elkington “will be responsible for accelerating the company’s electrified transformation, with a focus on battery and electric vehicle production and supply strategy,” the automaker stated.

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