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LG Energy Solutions & Hyundai team up for battery plant in the United States

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Hyundai Motor Group and LGES signed a memorandum of understanding on May 26 in Seoul, Korea, for a battery cell manufacturing facility in Bryan County, Savannah, Georgia. The battery plant would allow Hyundai electric vehicles (EV) to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) $7,500 tax credit. based battery plant.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Nissan's new electronic vehicle, the Leaf. (AP After a federal tax credit and state rebate, the price of these cars will come out at around a cool 20k. Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.

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Li-ion Polymer Battery Maker Kokam America Is Partner of Choice for Smith Electric Vehicles US; Kokam JV With Dow Targeted at Scaling Up Production

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Kokam America also made news earlier this week when its newly unveiled joint venture with Dow Chemical and Townsend Ventures LLC—KD Advanced Battery Group LLC (KD)—announced plans to invest $665 million in a new 800,000 square foot battery manufacturing facility in Michigan, and also was awarded $144.6 Earlier post.).

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News: 2023 Fisker Ocean Introduced

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The production-ready 2023 Fisker Ocean debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show to an interested group of industry insiders and journalists. Henrik Fisker revealed his plans to shake-up the electric SUV category with the all-new, all-electric Ocean. News: 2023 Nissan Ariya. News: 2023 Subaru Solterra.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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The good news? For details on what we’ve called “The Big Fix” beyond the following, see [link] —and we’ll continue adding back-up info at CalCars-News and elsewhere. The good news? Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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VW Joke, Kia EV6 Details – EV Week in Review: March 23-30

EV Adoption

Kia EV6 will have 282 miles of range and 800V Charging – Kia revealed specifications on Tuesday for its upcoming EV6, its first EV built on the Hyundai Group dedicated platform known as Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). Automakers and Models. The EV6, will come with two battery pack options, a 58 kWh pack or a 77.4

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