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The US’s largest solar panel maker debuts its $1B Alabama factory

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billion fully vertically integrated thin-film solar factory in Lawrence County, Alabama. First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) inaugurated its new $1.1

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Li-Cycle opens its fourth Li-ion battery Spoke recycling facility in Alabama

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Li-Cycle has started commercial operations in its Alabama Spoke located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Alabama Spoke utilizes Li-Cycle’s patented and environmentally friendly technology to recycle and to process directly full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater.

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Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against UAW membership

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Mercedes workers in Alabama have voted against joining the United Automotive Workers (UAW) last week, after the union was successfully voted in at a Volkswagen plant last month. ” Upon the NLRB’s certification of the results, Mercedes workers in Alabama will need to wait another year to file for a new election.

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Alabama just announced its first 13 federally funded EV charging stations

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Alabama is handing out $11.2 million in federal grants to install 13 NEVI-compliant EV charging stations – here’s where they’re going.

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Alabama-built Mercedes-Benz EQE electric SUV to start at $77,900

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The EQE SUV is produced in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while the battery factory in nearby Bibb County supplies the batteries for this model as well as for the EQS SUV. Starting from $77,900, the 2023 EQE SUV will arrive in US dealerships in spring.

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Toyota Alabama sole producer of hybrid-electric twin-turbo V6 and twin-turbo V6 for new Tundra

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL) held an event to mark the first of Toyota’s latest engine products for the all-new 2022 Tundra ( earlier post ) to come off the production line. These additional engines push the total capacity for Toyota Alabama engine production to up to 900,000 engines per year. The standard i-FORCE 3.5L

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Genesis starts Electrified GV70 production in Alabama

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Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) celebrated the launch of the first-ever Genesis Electrified GV70 SUV. and the first-ever Genesis assembly to take place […] The post Genesis starts Electrified GV70 production in Alabama appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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