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APRIL 1, 2022

Berea, Kentucky Police Chief Eric Scott made the decision to purchase Tesla police cruisers after watching all the EV commercials on the 2021 Super Bowl. It was clear to him that the future was going electric and he wanted to be ready. The police department purchased four 2021 Tesla Model 3s, three of which are […].

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The program paves the way for further development and commercial opportunities for hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric transportation in California and beyond. Toyota plans to produce fuel-cell powertrain modules at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky from 2023.

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JUNE 8, 2023

million square foot plant underway, commercial operations are expected to commence in 2026, creating 1,170 new jobs for the local community. The new 30 GWh battery plant builds on AESC’s existing battery manufacturing network that includes a plant in operation in Tennessee and another plant under construction in Kentucky.

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APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

At launch, Einride will implement electric transportation solutions at three of GEA’s locations in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. Together, the companies will work to create safer and more efficient mobility solutions to drive a more sustainable future for large commercial truck fleets. Range per charge is 130- 180 km.

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APRIL 25, 2023

kg capacity, 700 bar), fuel cell stacks, electric motor (224 kW peak, 192 kW steady) and transmission, and offers a viable alternative to traditional diesel powertrains used in commercial goods transportation as companies look to transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Another project goal is to develop REE recovery processes that are environmentally benign and that will lead to the economic recovery of REEs from coal and coal-based materials for potential future deployment at commercial scale. The project team plans to implement and test their technology at multiple field locations in Kentucky.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

For Urbix, the agreement accelerates its plans to establish a commercial US anode production facility that will produce 28,500 tons of anode products per annum by 2025. BlueOval SK, a joint venture between SKO and US automaker Ford Motor Company, is building three battery manufacturing plants—one in Tennessee and two others in Kentucky.

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

Team members include Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, University at Buffalo, University of Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Raytheon, Boeing, and Advanced Magnet Lab. Georgia Institute of Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

These insights led to the development, testing, refinement and now commercialization of the Trace Grocery, BrightDrop’s first product purpose-built for online grocery and retail order fulfillment. BrightDrop and Kroger completed an initial pilot program in Lexington and Versailles, Kentucky. Concept rendering.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. Anovion’s selected site has critical infrastructure in place that will allow for an accelerated timeline for the construction of the facility.

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JULY 7, 2022

By cultivating new and translating existing bioengineered REE-converting bacteria and proteins, we will deliver platform biotechnologies for REE separation and purification with high commercialization potential. —LLNL scientist Dan Park, one of the technical leads for the project.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

This week marks the final pre-build phase before accelerating into mass production of F-150 Lightning trucks for retail customers and F-150 Lightning Pro for commercial customers. These production-level trucks will be used for testing in real-world customer conditions, collectively accumulating 1 million miles. Earlier post.).

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MAY 1, 2024

Set to be called Toyota’s North American Hydrogen Headquarters, the facility will, from here on, lead efforts on this continent “to research, develop, commercialize, and sell fuel cell and hydrogen-related products.” That kit and the fuel-cell modules themselves are coming from Toyota’s Kentucky plant.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Concentrations of rare earths at 300 ppm are integral to the commercial viability of extracting REEs from coal and coal by-products, making NETL’s finding significant in the effort to develop economical domestic supplies of these elements. These highly concentrated samples are greater than 300 parts per million (ppm).

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JULY 27, 2018

In 2017, Aleris opened a new state-of-the-art auto body sheet production capacity at its Lewisport, Kentucky facility. The wider material provides automotive manufacturers with greater efficiency and flexibility as they expand aluminum applications to include hoods, roofs, door panels, side panels and trunks.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that start-up lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies Inc. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that start-up lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies Inc. NOHMs technology portfolio. Source: NOHMs.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2018

capture technologies, or 2) designing a commercial-scale, post-combustion CO? MTR) will scale up next-generation Polaris membranes and modules to a final form for commercial use and validate their potential in an engineering-scale field test at the Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway. Description. ION Engineering, LLC.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

a Hitachi Automotive Systems Group company, for assembly into the battery packs at Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas’ Kentucky plant. million cells for commercial hybrid buses and trucks and hybrid passenger vehicles. The battery cells are being manufactured by Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd.,

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JANUARY 16, 2021

Diesel-powered engines move most of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines. Region 3 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.

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JUNE 27, 2012

To support OEM programs that will enable personal and commercial vehicles to run on natural gas, Westport Light Duty has recently established The Michigan Technical Center in Plymouth, and has opened an assembly centre in Louisville, Kentucky. Westport Innovations Inc.

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JULY 31, 2012

Westport LD recently officially opened the Westport Kentucky Integration Center (WKIC) in Louisville where the natural gas WiNG power systems are installed on Ford F250 and F350 bi-fuel pickup trucks.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The bottom overall US states in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (42) Wisconsin (43) Indiana (44) Louisiana (45) Kentucky (46) Texas (47) Nebraska (48) Tennessee (49) Idaho (50) Arkansas (51) Alaska. These include free, paid, and access-restricted charging stations (for example, public, yet commercial ones found on retail parking lots).

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. The integrated design, development, and production of highly complex systems, leveraging software, can speed ideas from the lab into commercial production, reduce costs, and shorten production lifecycles. New competition.

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JUNE 20, 2017

Ford also announced a $900-million investment in Kentucky Truck Plant for plant upgrades to build the all-new Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, which begin arriving in dealerships this fall. Both full-size SUVs will be exported to more than 55 markets globally—including Navigator to China.

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APRIL 15, 2011

Allison Transmission has unveiled a new fully automatic 10-speed transmission for tractor units at the 2011 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The novel gearbox, set to debut in North America in late 2012, has been designed specifically to maximize productivity and fuel efficiency during both cruising and stop-start operation.

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JULY 23, 2014

The institute, expected to open this fall, is charged with establishing a regional manufacturing ecosystem to move advanced lightweight metals out of the research lab and into cars, trucks, airplanes and ships for both the commercial and military sectors. The ALMMII facility will be located at 1400 Rosa Parks Boulevard in Detroit.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Azure Dynamics Corporation, which partners with Ford commercial truck dealerships across North America to market its hybrid technology to fleet operators, reports sales of 16 additional Balance Hybrid Electric vans and buses. 3 Balance Hybrid Electric shuttle buses to the City of Paducah, Kentucky.

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JULY 21, 2017

Now, separate research teams in China and the US report two new approaches toward a commercially viable SiO x electrode. A team at the University of Kentucky (Chen et al. ) A number of research efforts have tackled those challenges as well.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Even given that, as with Li-ion batteries, it will take one to two decades before the technology could be commercially adopted, Argonne says. Argonne has worked with several industrial partners on the commercialization of Li-ion batteries and battery materials, including companies such as EnerDel, Envia, BASF and Toda America.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. University of Kentucky Research Foundation.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Diesel-powered engines move approximately 90% of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines. Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin): EPA is requesting proposals between $500,000 and $2,500,000.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

USF is planning a first facility located near Central City in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Upon completion of this first facility, US Fuel intends to replicate its proprietary process in multiple, larger scaled commercial facilities.

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MARCH 26, 2015

SABIC is planning to corroborate its CFD findings with wind tunnel and on-road testing of functional prototypes on a commercial vehicle later this summer. A 3D-printed version of SABIC’s aerodynamically-optimized roof fairing is on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Kentucky from 26-28 March.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

If successful, the proposed coal-fired sCO 2 pilot power plant will reduce the technical and economic risk of this transformational technology, therefore increasing the potential for commercial deployment at the end of the project. DOE funding: $676,377 Non-DOE: $169,095 Total: $845,472. General Electric. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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JULY 11, 2023

” Tapping into vehicles Yamagata declined to trade in a manufacturing quantity determine for the Kentucky operation, regardless that he stated it might be low. The programs that might be made in Kentucky are according to the similar era worn within the Mirai gasoline mobile sedan.

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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