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Volkswagen starts US assembly of ID.4 in Chattanooga

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The vehicle includes materials and components assembled in 11 US states, from steel in Alabama and Ohio, to interior parts in Indiana and South Carolina, and electronics components in Kentucky and North Carolina. The EV battery will be supplied by SK Innovation located in Georgia. The American-assembled ID.4, 4 and Atlas SUV family.

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Cummins, Daimler and Paccar spouse on $3 billion battery plant for electrical vans

Baua Electric

the Indiana-based diesel and herbal fuel engine producer, will spouse with two truck producers and China’s EVE Power Co. to manufacture a battery plant in the USA. The 3 companies will every personal 30 % of the enterprise, past EVE Power will stock 10 % as their era spouse. Cummins Inc.,

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2,150 Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickups under letters of intent by fleets

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The Letters of Intent have come from Duke Energy, Portland General Electric, the City of Orlando, Southern California Public Power Authority, Clean Fuels Ohio and one other utility. Workhorse intends to build the W-15 in its Union City, Indiana plant, a facility with the capacity to build 60,000 chassis a year.

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BP selects Tesla batteries for pilot storage project at US wind farm

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In the United States, BP directly operates 13 wind farms—in Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Texas—while holding an interest in a separate wind facility in Hawaii. BP also has one of the largest operated renewable energy businesses of any major international oil and gas company.

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CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

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Although electric vehicles have lower tailpipe emissions than gasoline powered vehicles, the changes in emissions associated with vehicle electrification on a life cycle basis will depend on the emissions associated with the operations of the power plants used to charge the battery.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. Like Paul MacCready’s original design for the Impact that established the world’s lowest drag coefficient of.195, by: Michael Kanellos.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Battery Powered Zero Emission Circulator Buses: Innovative Quick Opportunity Charge, Lithium-Ion Titanate Battery Powered Community Bus program. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000.

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