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FCA to invest $400M to convert idled Indiana transmission plant to build GMET4 engines

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liter turbocharged I-4 engine is part of FCA’s Global Medium Engine family. The GMET4 will be a very important engine for us as we look to deliver on the promises we made as part of our five-year plan in 2018. With this investment, 1,000 Indiana jobs will be retained with nearly 200 new. While the 2.0-liter

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Thomas Built Buses delivers 50th Proterra Powered electric school bus

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The milestone delivery went to Loudon County Public Schools in Virginia as part of phase one of Dominion Energy’s Electric School Bus Initiative. TBB and Proterra unveiled the high-performance Jouley electric school bus in 2018. .; and Proterra celebrated the delivery of the 50 th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus.

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Honda to focus on increasing hybrid volume with core models: CR-V, Accord and in the future, Civic; Insight production ends in June

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With the conclusion of Insight production, the Indiana Auto Plant will focus on building CR-V, CR-V Hybrid and Civic Hatchback, several of Honda’s most popular models. The 3rd-generation Honda Insight is one of America’s top-selling compact hybrids, with more than 70,000 sold since it was introduced in 2018. Honda Electrified Future.

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Honda to unveil prototype of Gen 3 Insight hybrid at Detroit show; two-motor hybrid system

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Honda will unveil the Honda Insight Prototype at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January as the precursor to the new third-generation 2019 Honda Insight—an upscale, stylish five-passenger sedan positioned above the Civic in Honda’s passenger car lineup. —Henio Arcangeli, Jr.,

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Ex-Tesla exec joins General Motors’ Board: ‘GM & Mary Barra are marching towards an electric future’

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I’m super excited to be a part of this iconic U.S. Between 2015 and 2018, he served as Tesla’s President of Global Sales, Marketing, Government Relations, and Delivery & Service. . It invested $491 million on two press lines for its plant in Indiana. “General Motors and Mary Barra are marching towards an electric future.

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US smashes solar records in 2023 – but 2024 will bring road bumps [Update]

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California and Texas led the US for new solar installations in Q3, and Indiana ranked third with 663 megawatts (MW) of new capacity as several large utility-scale projects came online. gigawatts (GW) – a 35% year-over-year increase – as federal clean energy policies begin to take hold. million installations.

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With This Bionic Nose, COVID Survivors May Smell the Roses Again

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Add in Costanzo and Coelho’s other collaborators—including an electronic nose expert in England, several clinicians in Boston, and a businessman in Indiana—and you have a dream team who just might make it happen. The olfactory system has access to parts of the brain that other senses don’t,” Costanzo says. Round Room.