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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. An all-new $5.6-billion billion mega-campus in Stanton, Tenn. (a

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Kentucky Mandatory Implementation of Tesla’s NACS for Charging Subsidies

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Kentucky has made history by becoming the first state in the United States to mandate the use of Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) by charging infrastructure providers as a prerequisite for receiving funding. While Kentucky leads the way, Texas and Washington have also announced plans to mandate the Tesla charging system.

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Toyota to build $50M automotive battery lab at Michigan R&D headquarters

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By adding these critical evaluation capabilities around automotive batteries, our team is positioned to better serve the needs of our customers, including Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, the latter of which will soon be assembling the recently announced all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV.

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Tesla debuts Alaska’s first Magic Dock Supercharger

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Credit: Tesla To use the select Supercharger locations with a non-Tesla vehicle, users can simply scan a QR code at the charging stalls to pull up instructions on connecting to the CCS charger. Tesla NACS plugs mandated by Kentucky for EV charging state program: report What are your thoughts?

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Ford sources battery capacity and raw materials for 600K EV annual run rate by late 2023, 2M by end of 2026; adding LFP

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Ford also is leveraging its long-standing connection with LG Energy Solution (LGES) and its strategic relationship with SK On to meet its battery capacity target for late 2023. Ford is building on agreements tied to its 600,000 run rate milestone and is taking them even further. Driving to more than 2 million EVs by late 2026.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics. UTRC; Wolf Robotics. New competition.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. Genesis Connected Services is accessed from the touchscreen display, the web or compatible smartphone app or smartwatch.

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