Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and POSCO Chemical are working with the governments of Canada and Québec to build a new $400-million facility in Bécancour, Québec, to produce cathode active material (CAM) for GM’s Ultium batteries, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

Frito-Lay announced a new electric fleet that will serve the Dallas Fort Worth area, specifically Carrollton. In addition, all Frito-Lay US manufacturing sites use LED lighting with expected GHG emissions savings equivalent to 21,200 metric tons of CO 2 annually. plants, offices, and distribution centers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Under the long-term agreement, MP Materials will supply US-sourced and manufactured rare earth materials, alloy and finished magnets for the electric motors used in the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV and more than a dozen models using GM’s Ultium Platform, with a gradual production ramp that begins in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2022

Cobalt is an important metal in the production of EV batteries, and the cobalt processed from Australia will be used in GM’s Ultium battery cathodes, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Cobalt is a metal that makes up only 0.001% of the earth’s crust.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

MP Materials owns and operates Mountain Pass, the only integrated rare earth mining and processing site in North America. The ability to process HREEs alongside LREEs will enable MP Materials to extract and refine all rare earths required to manufacture high-performance permanent magnets. MP Materials Corp. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Betsy Price, Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas; Gil Quiniones, President & CEO, New York Power Authority; Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council; Dan Turton, Vice President, North America Public Policy, General Motors; Greg White, Executive Director, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 11, 2024

Recycling rare earth materials is vital to the cost-competitiveness of magnet manufacturing. There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. In 2022, MP signed a long-term agreement with GM to supply US-sourced and manufactured rare earth materials, alloys and magnets.

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