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FCA to invest $400M to convert idled Indiana transmission plant to build GMET4 engines

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to build the GMET4 engine—the Company’s 2.0-liter It will play an important role in our plans to offer electric engine options across 30 nameplates that FCA will bring to markets around the world by 2022. With this investment, 1,000 Indiana jobs will be retained with nearly 200 new. While the 2.0-liter

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Toyota invests billions in EV production at Indiana and Kentucky plants – Charged EVs

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Usually this sort of cognitive dissonance is considered a bad thing, but in Toyota ’s case it may be otherwise—the company’s leaders have long been the auto industry’s most prominent anti-EV voices, even as the company itself has quietly but steadily prepared for the electric future. Case in point: Toyota recently announced $1.4

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Honda announces next steps in preparation for EV production in US

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In October 2022, Honda announced that it would invest $700 million to retool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants to establish the new EV Hub in Ohio, to prepare for the production of battery electric vehicles in 2026. Indiana Auto Plant (IAP). Marysville Auto Plant (MAP). Anna Engine Plant (AEP).

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Toyota confirms second 3-row electric SUV for US production

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Toyota announced on Thursday that it plans to build a new three-row battery-electric SUV in Princeton, Indiana, with a corresponding $1.4 billion investment in the automaker’s Kentucky plant, to build a separate three-row battery-electric SUV. billion investment in the plant.

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Toyota 3-row EVs, lower-priced Ford EVs, Honda EV hubs, Mazda EZ-6: Today’s Car News

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Mazda shows an appealing electric sedan so far limited to China. made three-row electric SUV. Mazda has applied its design flair to an EZ-6 electric sedan that incorporates tech from China’s Changan Automobile. made electric SUV —in Princeton, Indiana, starting in 2026. Toyota plans a second U.S.-made

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Mullen Automotive Acquires ELMS Enabling EV Production for Retail and Commercial Vehicle Lines

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Electric-vehicle startup Mullen Automotive gained court approval last week to buy an Indiana manufacturing facility, inventory of EVs, and all intellectual property from now-defunct Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc. The $240 million cash purchase allows Mullen the capability to build up to 50,000 EVs annually.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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UPS plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014. Building these fueling stations is a solid future investment for UPS. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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