Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2017

Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing company Arconic (formerly part of Alcoa before Alcoa split itself last year into two entities—Alcoa focused on the raw aluminum operation and Arconic on products into industries such as automotive) announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

The Board of Directors of Volkswagen Group of America has decided to award the production of its new midsize SUV to the Chattanooga plant in Tennessee. About US$600 million (€432 million) will be invested in Tennessee. This is also a strong signal for the US as an industrial and automobile production location.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Another milestone was establishing the first joint production facility COMPAS. Nissan and Daimler broke ground on the US$1-billion Aguascalientes, Mexico, plant in 2015, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti as of 2017 and for Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2013

The federal government and its partners hope to support the annual production of 1 billion gallons of drop in aviation biofuel by 2018. Three of the projects have a focus on the production of aviation fuel. In July 2010, USDA, Airlines for America, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The three cars, which are all on display at the Paris Motor Show, are independent products with a unique brand identity. Production will begin in 2017 with Infiniti models. The production of Mercedes-Benz vehicles will follow in 2018.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The remarkable decrease in cost can be chiefly ascribed to progress in battery technologies and chemistries, alongside a substantial rise in production quantities as the world moves to meet the growing demand of a renewable energy-based market. In 2008, the cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) was $1,355, but by 2022, it had dropped to $153 per kWh.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 10, 2024

Rivian on Thursday provided the most significant future-product preview since the debut of its R1 series trucks at the 2018 LA auto show. Rivian used the moment to pause (and delay) plans for its massive Georgia plant to get the R2 to production by early 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

The power will be used directly in production; solar power will provide up to 12.5% of the electric power required in full-capacity operation and 100% of demand when the plant is not in production. The Volkswagen Group has set itself the goal of becoming the world’s leading automaker in environmental terms by 2018.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

Ryan Castilloux, managing director of Adamas Intelligence, says COVID-19 barely dented mushrooming growth: "Through five months of 2021, the total auto battery capacity deployed on the world's roads is greater than all of 2018.". Big Players Dominate.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Leaf Plus Design The complete 2018 redesign, which is carried over to the 2024 Leaf Plus, brught more contemporary styling. The current Leaf is built in Nissan’s Smyrna, Tennessee, manufacturing facility, but beginning in 2025 Leaf production will come from a new plant in Sunderland, England, the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Production for the 2018 Nissan LEAF EV is officially underway at the Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. The Nissan LEAF has been in production at Smyrna since 2013, with more than 114,550 models sold in the United States since 2011. It has an annual production capacity of 640,000 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

Southern Company, El Paso Exploration & Production, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the University of Alabama are all participating in the field test, known as the Black Warrior CO 2 Storage Project. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2018), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

Invented by LeMond CEO Connie Jackson and a research team at ORNL’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility (CFTF), the process is projected to reduce production costs by more than 50% relative to the lowest-cost industrial-grade carbon fiber. ORNL began accepting license applications in March 2016.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It’ll never sell in the numbers Chevrolet will, but GM has said Cadillac’s lineup will be all-electric by 2030—only one full product cycle away. GM has said Cadillac’s lineup will be all-electric by 2030—only one full product cycle away. Production of 2023 Lyriqs is entirely sold out. Limiting factor: battery supply.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

In one of the first comprehensive assessments of the fuel economy standards in the United States, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Tennessee found that, over their 40-year history, the standards helped reduce reliance on foreign oil producers, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and saved consumers money.

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