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Scout Motors selects South Carolina for first plant; $2B investment, 200k units per year

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Scout Motors, the recently formed independent company backed by Volkswagen Group ( earlier post , is establishing its first manufacturing plant near Columbia, South Carolina, where it will build electric next-generation trucks and rugged SUVs harkening back to the iconic Scout vehicles produced from 1960 to 1980. The state is No.

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Now Arriving at an Airport Lounge Near You: Peloton Bikes, Nap Pods and Caviar Service

Baua Electric

At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, travelers can get complimentary massages, and at Denver International Airport, there are nap pods. In addition to amenities, the new lounges provide an ambience reminiscent of a luxury hotel lobby, both in interior design and scale, and fit several hundred people at a time.

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Rivian CEO expanding duties to include product teams

Teslarati

According to a regulatory filing and internal memos cited in a report from Automotive News , all Rivian product teams will now report directly to Scaringe, including workers in areas like software, autonomy and design. “Nick will be advising through 2024.” “Nick will be advising through 2024.”

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Hyundai Motor previews HDC-6 NEPTUNE fuel-cell-electric truck concept and trailer

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Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) released the first rendering images of its concept for a hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric truck, HDC-6 NEPTUNE. —Edward Lee, Head of Commercial Vehicle Business Division at Hyundai Motor Company.

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Infinitum Electric closes $1.8M Series A to bring new electric motor technology to market; increasing R&D for EV applications

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The continuous coil design limits internal connections and increases life expectancy. In the absence of mechanical interference, this insulation method and stator design is almost indestructible, the company says. The company will showcase its HVAC technology at the AHR EXPO in Atlanta next week.

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MECA emissions inventory & air quality modeling shows potential benefits of national cleaner trucks initiative at CARB limits

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The modeled 2028 base year 8-hour ozone design values were found to be above the 70 ppb NAAQS for 75 monitoring locations. ppb in the east (Atlanta, GA). reduction in on-road NO x emissions or about 330,000 tons of NO x in the year 2035. Source: MECA. ppb in the west (San Bernardino, CA) and 4.9 ppb and up to a max of 5 ppb.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. Nor was 3M the first company to popularize magnetic media— that was Ampex , which commercialized the tape recorder in the late 1940s. inch floppy disk.