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Canoo continues rapid production expansion with yet another new facility

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Canoo has announced that the company entered an agreement to purchase yet another vehicle manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City. As stated in Canoo’s press release, the company hopes to anchor its vehicle production in the heartland of America, Arkansas and Oklahoma specifically, this Oklahoma City facility being a significant part of that.

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Electric bus revolution 

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The Rock Region Metro in central Arkansas was awarded $4,900,000 to buy to purchase up to five 40-foot battery-electric buses (BEBs) and related battery charging infrastructure as part of the FTA’s ( Federal Transit Administration) or no emission grant program. Also read related article: Electric bus market, growth & progression

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Opinion: Biden’s Tesla snub shows that clout, not innovation, is driving the American EV revolution

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Bruce Lee, a former running back from the University of Arkansas who was in charge of the GM Fremont Factory’s union before the facility became NUMMI, noted that tensions were typically high between unionized workers and management. . “It was considered the worst workforce in the automobile industry in the United States.

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