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DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute awards ~$10M to 10 projects

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University of Louisville. The project goal of this proposed Smart Connected Workers program is to create affordable, scalable, accessible, and portable smart manufacturing systems (A.S.A.P. University of California, Irvine.

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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The assembly plant will use always-on cloud-connected technologies to drive vast improvements in quality and productivity. located between Louisville and Bowling Green), which is targeted to open in 2025. Earlier post.) BlueOvalSK Battery Park. Joining the Ford electric manufacturing revolution is a planned $5.8

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Ford Investing $550M to Retool SUV Plant to Produce Focus Small Car and EV

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To produce the vehicles, Ford is converting three truck and SUV plants to car plants—Michigan Assembly, Cuautitlan Assembly in Mexico, which begins building the new Fiesta subcompact early next year; and Louisville (Ky.) Assembly, which will be converted to produce small vehicles from Ford’s global Focus platform beginning in 2011.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. This will result in a significantly smaller, lighter weight, less expensive battery pack (below $100/kWh) and more affordable EVs. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. General Motors. Hawaiian Electric. Hawai`i Electric Light. Maui Electric. Kansas City Power & Light.

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Ford invests $550 in small and electric vehicles

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To produce the vehicles, Ford is converting three truck and SUV plants to car plants - Michigan Assembly, Cuautitlan Assembly in Mexico, which begins building the new Fiesta subcompact early next year; and Louisville Assembly, which will be converted to produce small vehicles from Ford’s global Focus platform beginning in 2011.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). But Fukui said he saw no significant value in researching plug-in hybrid models, which can be recharged by connecting to a power plug.

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