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Canoo delivers first Oklahoma-built vehicles to the state

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Electric vehicle (EV) startup Canoo has made a number of initial vehicle delivery deals throughout the past year or so, with the latest delivery going to the state of Oklahoma. The LDVs were produced at the company’s new Oklahoma City factory using battery modules built at a facility located in Pryor.

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A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

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Photo: Avangrid Orange, Connecticut-based clean energy giant Avangrid just made its first leap into Oklahoma with a new wind farm project. Avangrid, which is part of the Iberdrola Group, is setting up the Pontotoc Wind project in Pontotoc County, southeast of Oklahoma City. Get started here. – The post A 147.5

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DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

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University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK). University of Oklahoma will produce heat from an Oklahoma oilfield for use in Tuttle Elementary and Middle Schools in Tuttle, Oklahoma. This program is part of the?Wells

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Canoo to deliver six LDV units to the U.S. Postal Service

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Canoo has announced some of its early deliveries in recent months, and now the Oklahoma-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer has announced a deal with the U.S. Canoo to build electric vehicle battery modules in Oklahoma What are your thoughts? Postal Service (USPS). Army , Zeeba , and Walmart.

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Jimmie Johnson Withdraws From Chicago NASCAR Race

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NASCAR veteran Jimmie Johnson will not be racing in this coming weekend's Grant Park 220 in Chicago after his in-laws were found dead in Oklahoma. Johnson is the co-owner of Legacy Motor Club and drives part-time for the team. Jack and Terry Janway were found dead at their home, along with their 11-year-old grandson Dalton Janway.

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Tesla battery supplier Panasonic teases new U.S. facility to help with EV demand

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The new Panasonic plant could be built in Oklahoma, the company said in a statement to Reuters. Nothing else has been agreed upon currently, but according to another report from The Oklahoman , Panasonic is requesting an additional $245 for community and infrastructure upgrades, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said.

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Canoo continues rapid production expansion with yet another new facility

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Canoo has announced that the company entered an agreement to purchase yet another vehicle manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City. As stated in Canoo’s press release, the company hopes to anchor its vehicle production in the heartland of America, Arkansas and Oklahoma specifically, this Oklahoma City facility being a significant part of that.