Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Today, battery-electric cars are built in volume at only three locations across the entire United States. Tesla builds its three different electric models in Fremont, California; the new 2018 Nissan Leaf has just gone into production in Smyrna, Tennessee; and the Chevrolet Bolt EV is built at the Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 21, 2022

The US-built Volkswagen ID.4 4 will include a version with a smaller 62 kWh battery that sells for less than the standard version.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to reports, US President Biden said that the Australian electric vehicle charging company Tritium DCFC will build a charging pile factory in Tennessee, USA, which will have a “ripple effect” that will benefit American workers and the entire planet. Biden said charging electric cars in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Green Commuter, an LA-based startup introducing a vanpool and car share service there with a fleet of Tesla Model X vehicles ( earlier post ), has received a $750,000 grant from the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) to launch an electric car sharing service in the Tennessee city.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Volkswagen is investing in additional automation at factories that will build the ID.4 4 electric crossover and the production model that follows the ID Buzz electric-van concept—two models destined for the United States.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tritium DCFC Limited, a Brisbane-based manufacturer of direct current fast chargers for electric vehicles, has opened its new EV fast charger manufacturing facility, and its first US-based EV fast charger manufacturing facility, located in Lebanon, Tennessee.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2020

Volkswagen previously confirmed that it will build electric cars for the North American market at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory. On Wednesday the automaker said it also plans to do some engineering work there, too.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Nissan said today it has opened a plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, to fabricate lithium-ion cells for electric-car batteries. Those cells will go into electric cars. Just two years after the first Nissan Leaf was sold in the U.S.,

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 30, 2022

China figures into decisions by both Volkswagen and Tesla when it comes to deciding where to build there electric car factories.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2016

The Nissan Leaf, by far the world's best-selling electric car, is built in three countries. Outside Nissan's home market of Japan, Leafs are assembled in both Smyrna, Tennessee, and at Nissan's Sunderland plant in the U.K.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2019

With more automakers lining up to buy lots of batteries for electric cars, leading battery supplier LG Chem is planning to build a second battery factory in the U.S., The company is considering sites in Kentucky and Tennessee among other locations. LG Chem already operates.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

A German newspaper has suggested that the Environmental Protection Agency wants Volkswagen to build electric cars at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The agency also wants Volkswagen to help build a nationwide network of DC fast-charging sites for plug-in electric vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 2, 2016

As it works toward moving past its diesel-emissions scandal, the Volkswagen Group is making ambitious plans for electric cars. By 2025, the company hopes to be selling 1 million electric cars per year, and it has said it will launch 30 different electric models across multiple brands in the coming years.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2016

As it works to recover from the diesel-emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen's future plans include quite a number of new electric cars. The company has said it will introduce 30 electric models across multiple brands by 2025, in fact.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

plans to begin production of electric vehicles, including their batteries, with an eye on tapping US government funding. Plans call for new electric-car assembly lines to be built at a plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, the location of Nissan North America Inc.’s The Nikkei reports that Nissan Motor Co. s headquarters.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

Tritium is currently revamping its supply chain to make the sleek liquid-cooled DC fast chargers built at its new Tennessee factory compliant with NEVI and Build America regulations. Charged spoke with Tritium Chief Sales Officer David Nicholl about building cost-effective EV charging sites that provide top-notch service to drivers.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

This target is ambitious, but GM seems quite serious about its EV efforts nonetheless, with the company recently announcing that it has secured enough cathode active material for 5 million electric cars. GM and LG Chem will also be exploring the localization of a dedicated CAM production plant in North America by the end of 2025.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Nissan will start taking orders for the upcoming all-electric LEAF next Spring. And they are building to meet expected initial orders for 20,000 cars, according to an Automotive News report picked up by AutoBlogGreen. Tags: nissan leaf battery electric car. Game changing. Source: AutoBlogGreen ].

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Teslarati

JULY 28, 2021

We’re grateful for these strategic investors who bring decades of experience investing in and supporting companies that build transformative technology and who understand the mission and value of what Redwood is working to achieve.”. Battery manufacturing efforts are expanding through third-party suppliers and automotive manufacturers.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2023

The money is earmarked for the construction of three battery factories in the US, one in Tennessee and two in Kentucky. The US Department of Energy Loan Program Office has approved a $9.2 billion conditional loan for Blue Oval SK, a joint venture between Ford and SK On. The factories are expected to provide jobs

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Ford’s electric vehicle sales surged 86% in the first three months of the year, enough to secure second in the US EV market behind Tesla. The American automaker sold 20,233 EVs in Q1 2024, topping rival General Motors with 16,425 electric cars delivered. Meanwhile, Ford said progress at its Tennessee EV plant is on track.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Nissan and Tesla are both well on the way to receive loans from the federal government to support their electric car manufacturing plans. Yahoo Finance reports that Tesla is expecting a $350 million DOE loan to set up a factory to build their as yet unseen Model S 4-door sedan. The big reveal is scheduled for March 26.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Modification of the Smyrna manufacturing plant, which will begin later this year, includes a new battery plant and changes in the existing structure for electric-vehicle assembly. Nissan is also laying the groundwork in developing an infrastructure in the US to support electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Tenneco, Inc.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Nissan is a first tier OEM building a pure EV in the U.S. - They’re going to hit the market next fall, but will target Tennessee (where they will be made) and Oregon and Sonoma County, initially. Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. for sale to regular folks.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 20, 2021

Volkswagen has launched pre-production of the new, all-electric ID.4 4 at its Chattanooga, Tennessee factory in the United States. 4 at its Zwickau, Germany plant, bringing in a new era of German automotive manufacturing for the electric crossover. In 2020, Volkswagen officially launched the production of the ID.4

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Teslarati

MAY 5, 2021

We continue to execute our strategy and make significant progress on our transition to an all-electric future with the growth opportunities it creates,” Barra added. GM is beginning to transition its product line to more electric cars while beginning a slow phase-out of gas-powered vehicles. taxis by 2030.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

The company is preparing to out-source the production of electric cars to the United States, according to reports - marking the first time that the car company has mass produced an electric car outside Japan. It hopes that its production line will be capable of producing 50,000-100,000 electric cars by 2012.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. 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.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

In November General Electric put in a pre-order for 12,000 GM electric cars, and said it planned to buy 25,000 EVs from all manufacturers by 2015 for its corporate fleet. Nissan is building a 150K capacity plant in Tennessee for the Leaf which will come on line in 2012. Aggressive near-term OEM lease pricing.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

It argues that pure electric cars will require a breakthrough in battery performance and it does not see it in the near future. It aims to sell pure electric cars by 2012 but sees their application as limited due to short driving ranges and high battery prices. A decision on a Europe based plant is likely to be made soon.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The electric car market is experiencing massive growth, exceeding 10 million in sales in 2022. As a result, regulations and guidelines related to electric vehicles are changing frequently, and consumers and charging station hosts must be aware of new developments.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Clean Fleet Report spent a day driving the 2023 Outlander PHEV at a media-only event in Nashville, Tennessee, experiencing highways, country roads, city traffic and some sloppy, muddy driving. Look for a full Road Test review soon, until then this Flash Drive will give an introduction to the 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2021

VW shows it can build its mass-market EV in the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. 4 electric car, at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory. Automakers will soon face higher fines for gas guzzlers. Tesla reveals a robot. Nissan shows a spicier side of e-Power. Volkswagen has produced the first U.S.-made

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. Photo by Jim Wilson, New York Times. February 15, 2010.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

It will help build a customer base and begin laying the foundation for American leadership in the growing electric vehicles industry. billion by Congress to support up to $25 billion in loans to companies making cars and components in US factories that increase fuel economy at least 25 percent above 2005 fuel economy levels.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

largely comes from Tesla-Panasonic’s Gigafactory 1 in California, LG Chem’s Michigan plant supplying GM, and AESC Envision’s factory in Tennessee. InoBat is also advancing plans to build a €1 billion ($1.2bn) 10 GWh Gigafactory, which would have the potential to generate 240,000 intelligent batteries in 2025. 50,000 crores.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

That bet takes shape at a new lithium ion battery plant and at an electric-vehicle assembly line that Nissan will build at its Smyrna, Tenn., Nissan is not alone in going electric. maker of Subaru cars, began leasing electric cars in Japan. manufacturing complex. billion low-interest loan from the U.S.

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