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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. This drastically reduces the draw on battery power for the heating system, thus increasing the range.

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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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million in funding for 10 projects to advance technologies and processes for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and reuse. Advanced batteries are vital to the entire clean energy economy, but the US currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power clean energy technologies.

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Bolt EV production, grid-connected Leaf batteries, Genesis EV in Alabama, infrastructure bill: Today’s Car News

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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

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All New Flyer facilities now capable of manufacturing Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses

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(NFI Group), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, announced that its Anniston, Alabama facility has successfully completed its first full build of an Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric heavy-duty transit bus.

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Hyster to supply electric terminal tractors to APM Terminals – Charged EVs

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Hyster , a US manufacturer of forklifts and materials-handling equipment, has agreed to provide 10 battery-powered terminal tractors to shipping company APM Terminals at its location in Port of Mobile, Alabama. Each has a 182,000-pound gross combined weight rating and features a 260 kWh battery pack that provides approximately 9.5

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Tesla Cybertruck takes on other electric pickups in coast-to-coast race

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The first part of the trip, shared over the weekend in a pair of videos from participants Bearded Tesla Guy and Out of Spec, shows the teams making it just past the Alabama state line.

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Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US

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One of these materials is graphite, which is the main ingredient in EV battery anodes. 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. Charged : Graphite’s a hot property these days.

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