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Saft launches industrial production at Jacksonville Li-ion battery plant

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Saft inaugurated an advanced automated lithium-ion battery factory in Jacksonville, Florida. This high-volume production facility will build advanced lithium-ion cells and batteries for energy storage for renewable energy, smart grid support, broadband back-up power, transportation and defense.

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Saft begins deliveries of first lithium-ion batteries produced by new Jacksonville plant

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the production lines at its advanced automated lithium-ion battery factory, in. Jacksonville, Florida. The first deliveries from Jacksonville have included hundreds of cells for battery assembly for European customers. —Dan Miller, Jacksonville operations manager.

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Saft Confirms Location for Li-ion Battery Factory in Jacksonville, Florida

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Following receipt of a $95 million grant from the US Department of Energy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and successful negotiations between Saft, the state of Florida, and the city of Jacksonville, construction will soon begin in Jacksonville for a lithium-ion battery factory.

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Electrify America completes first of two EV fast-charging East-West cross-country routes; second to be completed by September

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The first cross-country route travels along Interstates 15 and 70, providing high-powered chargers with speeds up to 350kW. By end of summer, EV drivers will be able to travel across the southern portion of the US—from Jacksonville to San Diego—on interstate highways starting near I-10 and finishing along I-8.

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Shell/AirFlow Starship hyper-fuel efficient Class 8 truck to make cross-country run

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and ending in Jacksonville, Fla. Hybrid electric axle system for a power boost while climbing grades; an electric motor and axle replace. improved efficiency as well as good pulling power. power in the battery pack for the main 48 volt battery bank. Bespoke design, elongated flaps fit.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The vast majority of the funded projects are for battery-electric buses and infrastructure; two projects are receiving a total of $3.2 The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion.

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Saft to Raise Approximately 120M to Fund Li-ion Plants in US

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Saft remains very focussed on its exciting medium term growth prospects, with high performance Li-ion batteries and is delighted that its projects have been chosen by the US Government to receive grants to build new factories in North America. Jacksonville. reduction in Q3 sales year-on-year to €123.2

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