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LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation to end all legal disputes over EV batteries in US and Korea

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US President Joe Biden issued a statement on the resolution: This settlement agreement is a win for American workers and the American auto industry. A key part of my plan to Build Back Better is to have the electric vehicles and batteries of the future built here in America, all across America, by American workers.

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The Tesla Cybertruck’s most formidable rival gets a bullish battery supply update

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US President Joe Biden has issued a statement on SK Innovation and LG Chem’s settlement, calling the agreement a “win for American workers and the American auto industry.”

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American Honda Motor Co. Begins Use and Testing of Class 8 Hybrid Truck

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American Honda Motor has introduced a Class 8 hybrid diesel electric truck into its truck fleet at its parts center in Alpharetta, Ga—the first such in the auto industry. Honda uses Class 8 trucks to transport service parts between its parts centers and dealerships.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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For their part, European Commission officials predict EVs will lead to major job growth across the 27 EU countries, with up to four million battery-related new jobs being created by 2025 because of its formation of the European Battery Alliance. million jobs” in the Japanese auto industry. Fossil fuel job impacts.

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The EV Transition Explained

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University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has long studied the auto industry. Ford and other automakers will need to convince tens of millions of customers to switch to EVs to meet the Biden Administration’s decarbonization goals of 50 percent new auto sales being non-ICE vehicles by 2030.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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inch wheelbase, the Canoo is roughly the same length as compact pickups were more than 20 years ago—when the engine bay was part of the packaging. LG suggests building EV battery factory in Georgia, report says – LG Energy Solution suggested that it could build a factory in the U.S. At about 184 inches long, but riding on a 112.2-inch

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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billion to add more than 6,000 union jobs at plants across Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, all part of Ford’s plan to up its EV sales numbers to 2 million a year, worldwide, by the end of 2026. half a world away, the Chinese island of Hainan announced it would ban sales of fossil fuel-powered vehicles a full five years earlier, by 2030.