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Firestone Race Tires made with guayule rubber make INDYCAR debut; commercial use of guayule rubber in tires by 2030

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Guayule is grown and processed at the company’s R&D facilities in Arizona and made into the Firestone Firehawk alternate race tires at its Akron, Ohio, race tire production facility. The shrub can be farmed with existing row-crop equipment, helping to save costs for farmers.

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Li-Cycle expands partnership with Ultium Cells; co-locating recycling facility in Ohio plant

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Li-Cycle will operate its sixth and largest lithium-ion battery recycling Spoke facility co-located at the Ultium Cells battery cell manufacturing mega-factory site in Warren, Ohio. Ultium Cells is a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution.

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DOE announces $150M cost-share award for first domestic production of HALEU for advanced nuclear reactors

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced an approximately $150-million cost-shared award with American Centrifuge Operating (ACO), a subsidiary of Centrus Energy Corp, to demonstrate the ability to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)—a crucial material needed to develop and deploy advanced reactors in the United States.

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Kraft Heinz deploys all electric trucks in Ohio, eliminating diesel emissions with Firefly Transportation Services and Orange EV

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Orange EV, Firefly Transportation Services, and The Kraft Heinz Company have deployed three Orange EV T-Series Class 8 battery-electric terminal trucks to the Kraft Heinz distribution center in Groveport, Ohio. —Mike Saxton, Orange EV’s Chief Commercial Officer. The ALA has been a longtime leader in the fight for healthy air.

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Lordstown Motors closes assets sale to Foxconn; JV agreement for MIH-based EV development

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Lordstown Motors, an OEM of electric light-duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market, has closed the sale of its Lordstown facility and signed a contract manufacturing agreement and joint venture agreement for product development with affiliates of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn). and Irvine, Calif.

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NEO Battery Materials to expand into US with subsidiary; silicon anodes and battery materials

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NEO Battery Materials, a low-cost silicon anode materials developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging lithium-ion batteries ( earlier post ), is under the process to establish NBM America, a US subsidiary, in February. The Ohio R&D Center and office will be added for the first phase of the US business expansion plan.

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Battle Motors acquires Crane Carrier Company; Class 7 and 8 vocational truck electrification

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EV technology developer Battle Motors has acquired commercial vehicle OEM Crane Carrier Company. Crane Carrier Company (CCC) has been manufacturing commercial vehicles for 75 years and is based in New Philadelphia, Ohio with 180 sales and service dealers throughout North America.

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