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Report: EV factories may be leading utilities to dirtier decisions

Baua Electric

New factories producing EVs and their batteries are bringing more jobs to the Southeast, but utilities are trying to meet the power demands of these factories with natural-gas power plants rather than renewable energy, reports Energy News Network.

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Tesla requests tariff waiver for graphite amid rising demand for EV batteries

Teslarati

Tesla stands as one of hundreds of auto industry players currently asking the US Trade Representative for extended tariff waivers on components imported from China. joint venture with Ford and a $2.54B investment in Georgia,” SK Innovation noted. For example, exclusions will benefit an $11.4B

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

Knowing how many net jobs the transition to EVs and related renewable energy will create, change or eliminate—and over what time period—is critical to determining the impacts of governmental policies and whether they need revision. The impact of EVs on auto manufacturing and supplier jobs is harder to assess.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

Hyundai, which announced this May that it would build its first-ever dedicated EV plant in the state of Georgia and, to capitalize on the North American final assembly requirement in the newly-passed IRA, just revealed it was mulling moving the groundbreaking on the facility from the original target of 2023 to before the end of this year.