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Tesla to bring LFP battery supply chain to US – Bloomberg News – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This year, Tesla’s cheapest cars, the Model 3 compact sedan, lost tax credits for the purchase of EVs under the Inflation Reduction Act. Tesla is expanding its battery facility in Sparks, Nevada to bring the supply chain for cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP) to the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

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Tesla to build small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines, report says

Baua Electric

A new report states that Tesla is going to build a small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines in Nevada. Now, it’s making its way to North America, especially due to the protectionist regulations around the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles, which requires batteries to be made in North America.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The high cost of manufacturing the Volt is exactly why the tax credits of $2500 for a vehicle with 4 kWh of battery capacity and $417 for every kWh over 4 (so that there is a $7500 credit for the Volt) were legislated. in chinese ?, And thats not even the half of it, can anyone say …GODZILLA ,,,its GODZILLA!

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Elon Musk corrects presidential candidate who misunderstood Tesla’s Master Plan Part 3

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Among these was noted investor David Sacks , who joked that he didn’t know Chinese President Xi Jinping had taken over Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility. Tesla is increasing production rapidly in Texas, California & Nevada. Tesla is increasing production rapidly in Texas, California & Nevada.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden?

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