The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thankfully, we are on track to reach full production schedules in the coming days at our assembly plants in Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois that were affected during the strike. 1 brand again and we want to build on that in 2024. Image: Ford Motor Co.] Ford is America’s No. Become a& TTAC insider.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Rivian has built its first-ever customer-ready R1T all-electric pickup truck after months of building pre-production vehicles, dialing in manufacturing accuracy. After months of building pre-production vehicles, this morning our first customer vehicle drove off our production line in Normal! What do you think?

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Teslarati

APRIL 19, 2021

Last month, those plans seemed to be pushing forward with the company taking steps to introduce Tesla Insurance in other US states, including Texas, Illinois, and Washington. Last week, Elon Musk shared that Tesla was building up its collision repair capabilities.

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Teslarati

MARCH 9, 2024

Rivian is now in discussions about a new incentive arrangement with the state of Illinois, after the electric vehicle (EV) maker unveiled its upcoming R2 SUV earlier this week, now set to be built within the state. The post Rivian in talks with Illinois about incentives ahead of R2 production appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

Rivian sweetens EV lease deals on R1T and R1S models Rivian doesn’t just build EVs. The Dual-Motor AWD R1T (Standard Battery Pack) with 270 miles range starts at $69,900, or $559 per month lease. The deal is for the Dual-Motor AWD (Standard Battery Pack) with 270 miles range. As of January, Rivian offered leasing in 15 states.

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Plug in America

APRIL 15, 2022

With more people transitioning to EVs, more jobs are being created to build out infrastructure such as factories and EV charging networks. Legacy automakers such as Ford, GM, and Toyota are beginning to revamp and build factories in states across the nation.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

“The announcement is clear progress toward creating a semiconductor manufacturing presence in India,” says Rakesh Kumar , a professor of electrical and computer engineering at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and author of Reluctant Technophiles: India’s Complicated Relationship with Technology. Tata Electronics will build a $3.25

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2021

E-commerce powerhouse Amazon has disclosed a 20% ownership stake in Rivian , an electric vehicle company from Normal, Illinois, a filing with the SEC reveals. However, some indications have revealed that Rivian is having initial production issues with its R1T pickup truck, only building a few units per week. billion and $3.8

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest announced the launch of Midwest EVOLVE , a three-year project to promote electric vehicles in seven Midwestern states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The first events will be held in the spring of 2017.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A new report claims that Rivian, based in Normal, Illinois, will bring a second electric vehicle manufacturing plant to the United States by building it in Georgia. Rivian to build second U.S. As a result of Kemp’s push, SK Battery America will build a $2.6 assembly plant, location to be determined.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2013

Tesla Motors announced an accelerated rollout of its Tesla Supercharger network, which delivers quick charging for Tesla Model S drivers over long distances (i.e., Tesla’s vision of the Supercharger network in 2015. Click to enlarge. city-to-city travel), for free. The new technology will be fully rolled out to customers this summer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

million project to upgrade its wet mill ethanol plant in Pekin, Illinois, by replacing 70-year-old coal boiler technology with two newly installed Indeck high-pressure natural gas boilers. Aventine Renewable Energy, a leading producer, marketer and end-to-end supplier of ethanol, completed a $13.20-million

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The University of Kentucky (pilot-scale project) achieved greater than 80% REE concentration at greater than 75% REE recovery using Central Appalachian Basin and Illinois Basin coal preparation plant refuse. The University will build and test the technology in their laboratory.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). General Motors.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

After announcing that R2 production will kick off in Illinois, Rivian (RIVN) is poised to earn additional incentives with plans to expand its Normal EV plant. He took it a step further, introducing the rugged tri-motor R3X. The R2 will be offered in single, dual, and tri-motor setups, with all versions boasting over 300 miles range.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 4, 2021

GM is building a new battery research facility in Michigan. GM Setting sights on 600 General Motors is envisioning the development of batteries with 600 miles of range at its new battery research center. Ford and SK Innovation plan to build a 3,600-acre campus in Stanton, Tennessee. It’s been a wild ride. Rivian truck.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 4, 2021

GM is building a new battery research facility in Michigan. GM Setting sights on 600 General Motors is envisioning the development of batteries with 600 miles of range at its new battery research center. Ford and SK Innovation plan to build a 3,600-acre campus in Stanton, Tennessee. It’s been a wild ride. Rivian truck.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This agreement further builds on our strong and long-standing relationship with State Farm to continue to deliver value for our mutual customers,” commented Alex Purdy, Director of Business Operations, Enterprise Connectivity, Ford Motor Company. Besides Ford, Rivian also has its own insurance program.

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

In 2021, Rivian and other players in the EV industry like Lucid and Lordstown Motors sent a coalition letter to Georgia Legislature, showing their support for House Bill 460. “…we Rivian’s decision to build a production facility in Georgia did not hinge on HB 460 passing. Georgia HB 460.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

Advanced Energy Economy, Energy Foundation, Illinois Citizen Utility Board, Natural Resources Defense Council, Plug-in America and Sierra Club worked with diverse stakeholder and business interests to draft the Accord. —Britta Gross, director, General Motors Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

It will include a tri-motor R3X , Rivian’s first high-performance compact EV. To accelerate the launch, Rivian will build the R2 at its Normal, Illinois facility rather than its new plant in Georgia. Rivian’s CEO, RJ Scaringe, had a Steve Jobs moment, revealing “one last thing,” an even more affordable and compact R3.

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Baua Electric

MAY 26, 2023

The R2 is anticipated to be constructed at Rivian’s unused Georgia manufacturing facility to complement its wave Illinois manufacturing facility, which is a repurposed facility prior to now impaired by means of Mitsubishi. A patent software for a reputedly matching “K-turn mode” surfaced in 2021.

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Teslarati

MAY 25, 2021

The Cybertruck was unveiled in November 2019 and has accumulated an estimated 1,084,200 pre-orders so far, with the most popular variant being the Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive configuration. The most popular variant is the Dual Motor All-Wheel-Drive configuration that packs over 300 miles of range, a 0-60 MPH time of less than 4.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Idaho National Laboratory. Temple University. United Technologies Research Center. University of Maryland.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“Automakers are building a wider variety of vehicle types with each passing year. Credit: Ford Motor Company). However, 2022 is where the truck will really make its mark as the young and scrappy Rivian begins to ramp production of the R1T at its plant in Normal, Illinois. ” Ford F-150 Lightning.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Most of the members were much more interested in building one,” Garver said, explaining that some of the early members worked as engineers for McDonnell Douglas and NASA. I had to build a controller from a kit,” continued Garver, who was a member of the Electric Auto Association at that time. “It That gives me 30 miles on a sunny day.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000. Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois: $1,500,000. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts. Buses will be powered by an Azure Dynamics hybrid system of Michigan.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

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

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Most of the members were much more interested in building one,” Garver said, explaining that some of the early members worked as engineers for McDonnell Douglas and NASA. I had to build a controller from a kit,” continued Garver, who was a member of the Electric Auto Association at that time. “It That gives me 30 miles on a sunny day.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Building on the SuperTruck activity, other projects aim at developing enabling technologies to improve the efficiency of heavy-duty diesel engines. General Motors. Ford Motor. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Vehicle Technologies Program Awards. Description. Federal funding. 2,880,000 (jointly funded).

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport. Hundreds of billions in annual investment are needed not only to fix the current public transport system but to build new ones to significantly reduce car dependency in America.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

As oxidation products build up, acid-catalyzed and other lower-energy bimolecular channels are expected to dominate and lead to rapid equilibrium between KHP and CP. —Stephen Klippenstein, a senior scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois who was not involved in this research.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 23, 2008

I wrote a few months ago about the Japanese and European carmakers teaming up with Asian and Euro battery manufacturers with $200-$400 million deals to build large production facilities that will soon be cranking out high volumes of LiIon batteries for plug-in cars. Industry consultants say U.S. Battery Makers Work to Power Up.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

The EV maker will begin building its new R2 electric SUV at its Normal, Illinois facility to accelerate the launch. Based on a new, more efficient platform, Rivian’s R2 will be available in single, dual, and tri-motor versions. Rivian is not the only EV maker that backtracked on plans to build next-gen models at a new facility.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS projects will establish the building blocks of this class of power converter by advancing higher efficiency designs that exhibit enhanced reliability and superior total cost of ownership. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Earlier post.). Description. Cree Fayetteville. Eaton Corporation.

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2024

As well as the R1T, Californian-based car-maker builds a large R1S SUV but recently revealed a smaller Rivian R2 SUV and smaller-still R3. Powered by a huge 135kWh battery, the quad-motor all-wheel drive dual-cab pick-up produces 392kW and 827Nm of torque and is said to be capable of travelling up to 656km on a single charge.

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