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Toyota will assemble Subaru 3-row EV in Kentucky, resources say

Baua Electric

Just like the bZ5X, it’s anticipated to obtain its batteries from the plant that Toyota has underneath development in Sovereignty, N.C., billion in its nascent North Carolina battery plant, the place it’ll function six battery manufacturing strains, 4 for hybrid automobiles and two for electrical automobiles.

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Progress! IRA signed into law

Electric Auto Association

EV provisions The legislation creates a new and used EV tax credit, extending the tax credit on some new EVs to 2032 while shifting tax incentives to more affordable models that are manufactured in North America. This will support millions more low- and middle-income families than the original credit.

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Ford reportedly eliminates lease-to-buy option on electric vehicles

Teslarati

As of June 15, 2022, Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford informed dealers in a letter that it was discontinuing the end-of-lease purchase option for the E-Transit van, Mustang Mach-E, and F-150 Lightning.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. Also, batteries can be reused for other purposes, and the minerals in batteries can be recycled almost infinitely. Thanks to federal regulations, EV batteries are required to be 8 years or 100,000 miles.

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Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US

Charged EVs

One of these materials is graphite, which is the main ingredient in EV battery anodes. We first met Jon Jacobs back in 2013, when he was working at Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a battery research firm that developed an innovative process to rapidly synthesize and evaluate energy storage materials.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition’s Hybrid Electric School Buses Provide New Horsepower for Kentucky. The project also includes construction of a B20 station. Total DOE award: $14,983,167.