The US’s largest solar panel maker debuts its $1B Alabama factory
Electrek
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
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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Electrek
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
billion fully vertically integrated thin-film solar factory in Lawrence County, Alabama. First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) inaugurated its new $1.1
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2022
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.
Teslarati
MAY 19, 2024
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.
Electrek
JULY 3, 2024
Alabama is handing out $11.2 million in federal grants to install 13 NEVI-compliant EV charging stations – here’s where they’re going.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2023
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.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 19, 2021
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
Electric Cars Report
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
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.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 20, 2024
Last week, workers at Mercedes-Benz’s facility in Alabama voted against unionizing , with 56 percent saying they were against it. The UAW had an uphill battle in the Alabama plant, as Mercedes jumped into the fight in the “no” camp. A defeat in this vote doesn’t necessarily mean the UAW is dead in the water. Images: James R.
Electrek
MAY 17, 2024
Hot on the heels of a historic victory where VW workers in Tennessee voted to join the United Auto Workers union , Mercedes workers in Vance, Alabama have narrowly voted against joining UAW themselves. The vote comes a day after another union victory in Alabama, where the New Flyer bus plant, which makes some EV buses, joined UAW.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2022
The full-size EQS SUV is integrated in series production at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama, which has been the production site for large Mercedes-Benz SUVs since 1997. Since the 1990s, Mercedes-Benz has invested a total of more than seven billion dollars in Alabama.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 18, 2022
The Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid and an all-electric version of the Genesis GV70 will be built in Alabama, Hyundai confirmed last week. Both vehicles will be built at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant near Montgomery, which currently builds gasoline versions of the Santa Fe, as well as the Hyundai Elantra, Santa Cruz, and Tucson.
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2013
Alabama and Mississippi are forming a partnership to further study the oil sands resources in the two states, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant announced on Saturday while speaking to the Southern States Energy Board. Areal extent of the Hartselle Sandstone in Alabama. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Mercedes-Benz on Monday confirmed plans to build two electric SUVs at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama, factory as part of the revised rollout of electric models under its EQ sub-brand.
Electric Cars Report
MARCH 8, 2023
Seamlessly blending a sporty character with generous, variable space and agile, long-range driving dynamics, the EQE SUV also features a luxurious interior with the groundbreaking technologies and thoughtful appointments familiar from the flagship […] The post Alabama Built 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV Priced From $77,900 appeared first on Electric (..)
Electric Cars Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
The full-size EQS SUV is integrated in series production at the Mercedes-Benz […] The post Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV enters serial production at Alabama plant appeared first on Electric Cars Report.
Electrek
AUGUST 5, 2022
Alabama officials are gearing up for one of the biggest transformations in the state’s history. With every automaker in the state planning to release an electric model, Alabama believes it can become the next EV hub. The post Alabama believes it can become an EV hub – here’s why appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Li-Cycle has announced plans to build a new lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Alabama. This will be its fourth commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility and will be located in Tuscaloosa, AL. Previously, the company had a base plan for three North American facilities, or Spokes.
Baua Electric
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Urbix’s manufacturing facility in Muscle Shoals, Alabama will produce high-quality Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG) for US-based battery manufacturers. Source: Urbix The post Urbix to negotiate $125 million in DOE funding for Alabama graphite processing facility – Charged EVs appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2018
Mazda and Toyota have selected Huntsville, Alabama as the site of their new joint-venture manufacturing plant. The site for the new plant is in Huntsville, located approximately 14 miles from Toyota’s Alabama plant (Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc.). The joint venture represents a $1.6-billion
Green Car Congress
JUNE 7, 2019
A side-by-side comparison of connected vehicle technology at 85 traffic signals in the Tuscaloosa, AL area showed that latency in delivering safety messages from roadside units (RSUs) to vehicles via dedicated short range radios (DSRC) and LTE cellular (C-V2N) was “approximately equivalent,” according to a study by the University of Alabama.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 20, 2022
Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota Alabama: Huntsville, Ala., $222 Toyota Alabama Twin Turbo V6 line. 222 million. 16 million.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The automaker is eying plans to move production of the flagship EQS electric SUV to Germany to make room at its Alabama facility for a higher-volume EV. Mercedes jumped into electrification with both feet but is now learning that buyers aren’t quite as excited about its more expensive models as it is.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz US International), its Tuscaloosa, Alabama facility. Final details of the plans are still being worked on in partnership with the State of Alabama. Mercedes-Benz will set up electric vehicle production in the United States.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is expected to announce that it will invest up to $1 billion to build electric SUVs and batteries in and around its Alabama assembly plant. The plans, first reported reported Thursday in The Wall Street Journal (paywalled), represent a major expansion of electric-car manufacturing in the U.S.
Electrek
MARCH 15, 2022
Mercedes-Benz delivered multiple press releases this morning, sharing details of its new battery manufacturing facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as well as interior images of its upcoming EQS SUV , one of the German automaker’s EVs that will soon begin production on US soil.
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2012
The expansion will allow Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. Toyota will invest approximately $80 million its Huntsville, Ala. engine facility to increase North American production of V6 engines. The investment will bring total plant investment to more than $700 million. A new 300,000 sq. building will be constructed.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Production of the Electrified GV70 is expected to start this December at the brand’s Montgomery, Alabama manufacturing facility. The Electrified GV70 is the third electric vehicle added to the Genesis lineup; its global premier was at Auto Guangzhou 2021. Earlier post.).
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Hyundai’s Genesis luxury brand is planning to make a fully electric version of its new GV70 crossover in the U.S. starting early next year, according to a report from Business Korea, citing plans revealed to the labor union at a home-market plant. If the timing is as reported, the GV70 EV would be the first fully electric model from the.
Green Car Congress
MAY 3, 2023
Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, the company holds mineral rights to explore and potentially mine the Coosa Graphite Deposit that is located across 42,000 acres in Coosa County, Alabama. From the late 1800s through the 1950s, the Alabama Graphite Belt was home to significant graphite production.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 4, 2023
Most of the planned projects in the United States are concentrated along a north-south band from Michigan to Alabama. To optimize supply chain logistics, many battery plants will be co-located with automotive plants.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 16, 2022
Mercedes-Benz has opened its new battery plant in Bibb County, Alabama, a few months ahead of the start of production of all-electric Mercedes-EQ vehicles in the United States. The opening of our new battery plant in Alabama is a major milestone on our way to going all-electric. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2015
The unit train pulled out of Aurora heading to Birmingham, Alabama where the ethanol will be blended in gasoline to enhance octane. A BNSF ethanol unit train may consist of 96 ethanol tank cars, 2 buffer cars (62' in length) and 4 BNSF locomotives (75' in length).
Charged EVs
AUGUST 1, 2023
Westwater holds mineral rights to the Coosa graphite deposit, which is located across 42,000 acres in Alabama. The company is currently building a graphite processing plant in Kellyton, Alabama. Fast forward to today and Westwater is building a graphite plant in Alabama, and people are eager to buy our capacity.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2010
Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The SECARB members began injecting CO 2 at the Alabama test site on 15 June 2010. gigatons to 2.3
Green Car Reports
MARCH 15, 2022
On its way to establishing production for its EQS SUV in the U.S., Mercedes-Benz has confirmed a partnership with battery supplier Envision AESC that will result in a battery facility in Bibb County, Georgia. According to Mercedes-Benz, the new battery facility “underscores the importance of the U.S. within the Mercedes-Benz global.
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2022
MATHESON , the US affiliate of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation ( NSHD ), has signed a long-term supply agreement to meet hydrogen requirements for a 75,000 bpd refinery in Mobile, Alabama owned by Vertex Energy.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. TMMAL), an engine-production subsidiary of Japan-based Toyota Motor. Corporation (TMC), held a line-off ceremony to mark the beginning of. four-cylinder engine production.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2010
Carbon dioxide injection—an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology—is underway as part of a pilot study of CO 2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Denbury Resources Inc.
InsideEVs
JANUARY 11, 2024
Plus, more disappointing news from ChargePoint and Electrify America, and the EV tax credits face scrutiny from Congress.
Green Car Congress
MAY 29, 2017
Alabama Graphite Corp. AGC) reported positive electrochemical results from downstream lithium-ion battery tests recently performed on its silicon-oxide-enhanced coated spherical purified graphite ("Si-CSPG") produced from the AGC’s ultra-high-purity 99.999 wt% C natural flake graphite. mAh/g and an irreversible capacity of 439.49
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The infrastructure bill brings some significant spending on charging infrastructure. GM is building Bolt EV and EUV models again, amid battery replacements. Nissan Leaf battery packs help stabilize the grid in California. Tesla has fixed another braking problem over the air. And Hyundai Motor’s first U.S.-made made EV might be a Genesis.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 26, 2023
Through the joint venture, both parties plan to establish an EV battery cell plant in Bartow County, Georgia, close to the Group’s US production facilities, including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Kia Georgia and Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America.
InsideEVs
AUGUST 26, 2022
Soon it will be joined by the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV.
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