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FTA announces $1.7B for 130 transit projects; nearly half for zero-emission models

Green Car Congress

Many of the grant recipients have pledged to buy standardized buses and vans and avoid customization, which will result in faster delivery and lower costs. million to buy approximately 30 battery-electric buses and charging equipment and train workers to maintain the electric fleet. Iowa City, Iowa will receive nearly $23.3

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UAW gears up for combat over battery assistant pay

Baua Electric

One of the vital crops that demonstrates the complexity concerned within the EV battery facility talks is the Ultium Cells LLC plant in Lordstown, Ohio, a three way partnership between GM and Korea’s LG Power Resolution Ltd. battery crops coming with Korean companions. GM additionally has 3 extra U.S.

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New EV OEM Lordstown Motors buys GM plant, licenses Workhorse IP

Green Car Congress

LMC), a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM), has acquired the GM manufacturing complex in Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown Motors Corp. The move paves the way for LMC to begin production of the Endurance all-electric pickup truck, purpose-built for fleets starting in late 2020.

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BASF acquires Novolyte Technologies for Li-ion battery electrolytes

Green Car Congress

Novolyte is a manufacturer of electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries, as well as specialty chemicals for several key market segments. The acquisition comprises Novolyte’s Energy Storage activities focused on developing, producing and marketing performance electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. My EV battery is warrantied for a minimum of 100K miles and eight years. My EV battery is warrantied for a minimum of 100K miles and eight years.

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

As power grids everywhere increasingly rely on intermittent renewable energy, batteries and other forms of energy storage that can even out the bumps in supply and demand are taking on a crucial role. No battery is perfect, however, so engineers keep pushing for new and improved ways to store those electrons.

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Pence and Workhorse, lithium supply, robo-charging, EV confidence: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Vice President Mike Pence announced that Workhorse has received funding to buy GM's Lordstown, Ohio, factory to build plug-in hybrid trucks—maybe. A report shows lithium mining is ramping up to meet demand for batteries. Electrify America is working on a system to plug in self-driving electric cars automatically.

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