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VW built a proving ground for fast-charging in the Arizona heat

Green Car Reports

Volkswagen built its Arizona Proving Grounds for hot-weather testing of new cars. Now the automaker is subjecting charging stations to the Arizona heat as well. A 50-space charging site was recently added to the Maricopa, Arizona, facility, VW said in a press release Wednesday.

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Arizona plant for Lucid Air electric sedan is complete, as company plans expansion for 2023 SUV

Green Car Reports

Lucid Motors on Tuesday announced completion of construction on its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. Pending further equipment installations, the factory is scheduled to start building the Lucid Air electric car in spring 2021.

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Caterpillar shows how to scale up EVs with mammoth mining truck

Green Car Reports

As automakers aim to produce more electric cars and trucks, Caterpillar has shown that battery-electric powertrains can scale up to something much larger.

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Chevron taps retirees to oppose EV charging in Arizona

Green Car Reports

A new report in the Arizona Republic tells us that support for electric cars still hasn't moved us past that. Astroturf lobbying organizations have been a fixture of the EV opposition and anti-climate-action movement—indeed of American politics—for a long time.

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Lucid is considering an electric-car plant in Saudi Arabia

Green Car Reports

Lucid Motors is in talks to build an electric-car factory near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg first reported Thursday. This would be Lucid's second factory, alongside the Arizona plant that is scheduled to start churning out Air luxury sedans this spring.

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ElectraMeccanica Chooses Mesa, Arizona To Build SOLO Car

CleanTechnica EVs

The Phoenix, Arizona metro area seems like it’s starting to become an EV production and maintenance hot spot.

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Lucid (nee Atieva) to build luxury electric cars in Arizona factory

Green Car Reports

Lucid Motors has become the latest startup automaker proposing to build electric cars in the U.S. The company—formerly known as Atieva—says it plans to break ground next year on a new factory in Casa Grande, Arizona.

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