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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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In 2019, ABTC detailed the operations of this integrated battery recycling system in a global competition hosted by BASF, and was subsequently selected as the sole winner of the battery recycling portion of the Circularity Challenge.

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Redwood Materials launches EV battery recycling program; initial partners Ford Motor Company and Volvo

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In January 2022, the company announced that its anode copper foil facility at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center will be complete within months and that it will begin producing and delivering product to customers in the first half of this year. Panasonic will be the first partners who expect to source Redwood’s copper foil.

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Redwood Materials opens up new facility just miles from Tesla Giga Nevada

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Straubel, has opened up a new manufacturing facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park, just miles from Tesla’s Giga Nevada production facility. He kept his post as Tesla’s Chief Technical Officer until July 2019, where the company gave him an advisory role.

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GM investing $2B in Spring Hill plant to build EVs, starting with Cadillac LYRIQ

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. $17 million will be invested in the Romulus, Michigan propulsion plant to enhance automation and increase capacity of GM’s 10-speed truck transmission, which is used in full-size pickups and other key products, including the all-new Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and the Cadillac Escalade.

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Tesla Cybertruck seen at Giga Texas appears to have white interior trim

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Tesla also teased a marble dashboard that was supposed to be made from recycled paper upon the Cybertruck’s unveiling in 2019. The latest sightings include a pair of Cybertrucks seen off-roading in the Tahoe National Forest and a matte black version of the vehicle driven by Tesla’s head of design.

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Air Liquide to build $150M liquid hydrogen plant in US; long-term agreement with, investment in FirstElement Fuel

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Air Liquide expects to invest more than US$150 million to build a liquid hydrogen plant in the western United States, with construction to begin in early 2019. The True Zero Network of stations spans from San Diego, throughout Orange County, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and out to Santa Barbara and Lake Tahoe.

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UAW Expands Strike Again, Targeting GM's Largest Plant

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Arlington Assembly is responsible for profitable models like the Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade. & While employment rose consistently in successive years, peaking at 240,000 domestic employees by 2019, layoffs have returned at a staggering pace. Many jobs returned as lockdowns ended.

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