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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

Green Car Congress

billion) in research and development in China in recognition that Chinese consumers are increasingly driving global innovation. A survey commissioned by Ford found that 45% of Chinese drivers have used their phones, and 31% have sent text messages, while stuck in traffic. Ford Motor plans to invest RMB 11.4 billion (US$1.8

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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

Fast forward to today and Westwater is building a graphite plant in Alabama, and people are eager to buy our capacity. How much more are people willing to pay to get US graphite compared to Chinese suppliers? Jon Jacobs: The main thing I’m hearing is that the rules pertaining to Chinese company involvement aren’t totally clear.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. It should do well in European markets that know the brand, buy lots of B-segment cars (also more and more utility vehicles), and now eagerly opt for electric powertrains.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. So far, Asian manufacturers are leaving U.S. rivals in the dust. And they exist.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. It should do well in European markets that know the brand, buy lots of B-segment cars (also more and more utility vehicles), and now eagerly opt for electric powertrains.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

Hyundai, which announced this May that it would build its first-ever dedicated EV plant in the state of Georgia and, to capitalize on the North American final assembly requirement in the newly-passed IRA, just revealed it was mulling moving the groundbreaking on the facility from the original target of 2023 to before the end of this year.