Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and POSCO Chemical are working with the governments of Canada and Québec to build a new $400-million facility in Bécancour, Québec, to produce cathode active material (CAM) for GM’s Ultium batteries, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 13, 2022

EOS Linx, an EV charging company known for its solar-assisted EV charging stations, is about to majorly expand at Texas convenience stores by partnering with the Lone Star Business Association Cooperative (LSBAC), a network of gas/convenience stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and north-central Texas.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 17, 2021

Rivian could benefit from a $440 million tax incentive from the City of Fort Worth, Texas if it meets specific requirements. Fort Worth’s City Council was scheduled to vote on an economic development agreement with Rivian this Tuesday, August 17. Tesla’s Elon Musk gives Rivian invaluable advice on manufacturing.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2024

Tesla is still trying to find ways to fund and build it anyway: [link] $tsla pic.twitter.com/S9TFnuejA5 — Sean O'Kane (@sokane1) April 18, 2024 Former Tesla VP Rohan Patel, in a comment to TechCrunch , noted that the electric vehicle maker would likely push through with its planned Megacharger network anyway.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

UPS plans to build an additional five compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add more than 700 new CNG vehicles including 400 semi-tractors and 330 terminal trucks. UPS will have invested more than $1 billion in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations from 2008 through 2018. Plainfield, Ind.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2020

million economic incentive deal with the City of Fort Worth. The company will start with an allocation of production that is distributed between itself and several Tier One sub-contractors in order to expedite the manufacturing ramp rate and delivery of motors to early customers. The announcement comes on the heels of a $68.9-million

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2020

The City of Fort Worth, Texas has approved a $68.9-million The research and production center will create electric motors for industries as diverse as electric vehicles (EVs), robotics, HVAC, and last-mile micromobility, in addition to various industrial applications. —Brad Hunstable, Co-Founder and CEO of Linear Labs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

They are essential inputs to many critical defense and commercial technologies, particularly permanent magnets instrumental to the performance of electric vehicles, wind turbines, drones, and missile systems. HREEs have higher atomic weights and are generally less abundant than light rare earth elements (LREEs).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Rare earth materials sourced from Mountain Pass will be transformed into metal, NdFeB alloy and magnets at a new production facility MP Materials today announced it will build in Fort Worth, Texas, delivering an end-to-end US supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The way in which vehicles are powered and how they’re driven is evolving. I’m proud to join this commission and work with key stakeholders across the business community to see that we fully capitalize on the potential that comes with electric, shared and automated vehicle technologies. —Scott Keogh, president, Audi of America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

The CNG fueling stations and vehicle purchases totaling $100 million are part of UPS’ ongoing commitment to diversify its fuel sources and reduce its environmental impact. CNG is part of a broad investment in a variety of alternative fuel vehicles. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Columbia, S.C.;

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The automaker’s stock responded with a slight increase on Monday morning, bringing its total rise as a publicly-traded company to over 44% since it started trading last Wednesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution claims that Rivian is already in late-stage discussions to open a plant along Interstate 20, east of Atlanta.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2019

This is the largest commitment for use of RNG to date by any company in the United States, with a range of 22.5 - 25 million gallon equivalents per year. At the same time, we hope our unprecedented seven-year commitment serves as a catalyst for wider adoption of RNG by other companies. Commerce City, Colo.; Orleans, La.; Omaha, Neb.;

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Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2023

All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. Nothing like this has ever been attempted on a large scale. government agencies.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave electric vehicle startup Rivian a bit of invaluable advice regarding manufacturing efforts that could help the company’s longevity. In 2017, however, Tesla was ramping its first mass-market vehicle, the Model 3, and financial specifics were dicey. After reports of Rivian’s second U.S.-based

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2022

While he has poked fun at vehicles like the Audi e-tron in the past, he has also openly supported EVs like the Porsche Taycan and the Ford Mustang Mach-E. Musk posted his thoughts about Lucid on Twitter, where it received much attention from the electric vehicle community. . “They are not long for this world,” Musk wrote.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As outlined in the press release from Aurora Innovation, the company is expanding through a new 600-mile delivery route between Fort Worth and El Paso. The trucks are level 3 autonomous and still have a driver overwatching the vehicle, but the aim is to achieve level 4 autonomy soon.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2021

plant has Fort Worth, TX as frontrunner. Samsung SDI agreed to supply battery cells for Rivian’s vehicles earlier this year. On its website, Samsung SDI states that it has been selected to be the main battery supplier for more than 30 vehicle electrification projects and counting. That decision has not been made.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2017

While autonomous and electric vehicles are certainly the future, last year more than 99% of all new autos sold in the US ran on conventional fuels, a trend we don't see subsiding in the foreseeable future. Since it launched service less than two years ago, the company has delivered more than five million gallons of gas. Venture, Inc.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2011

NRG Energy has opened its first eVgo direct-current electric vehicle charging station in Dallas, Texas, as part of a privately funded 70-station network in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, the company announced.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 27, 2021

Rivian, an electric car company headed by founder and CEO RJ Scaringe, is set to deliver its first vehicles in September. Sources also stated that Rivian would seek an $80 billion valuation, which would make it the sixth-most valuable car company in the world, displacing General Motors with a valuation of $72.22 Photo: Rivian).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

VinFast vehicles are sold at Leith VinFast in North Carolina; Smith Haven VinFast in New York; Principle VinFast Grapevine in Texas; Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth, Texas; and VinFast Wichita, in Kansas. The company has also announced plans to build a $2 billion factory in India , set to begin this year.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 24, 2021

Rivian has posted five new job opportunities in Europe, four in the Netherlands, and one in Germany, hinting toward an expansion of its electric vehicle business to a new continent as the first deliveries of its R1T pickup are set to begin next month. ” Rivian Automotive’s Normal, IL factory. Photo: Rivian). or the U.K.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Dallas-Fort Worth is the first metro area CleanFUEL USA and Ferrellgas are jointly targeting to develop 8-10 propane refueling stations. The DFW metroplex is the fourth largest metro area in the country with many school districts, municipal entities and private businesses operating fleet vehicles with propane.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

Next-generation electric motor company Linear Labs (LL) closed a $4.5-million Compared to the top permanent magnet motor on the market, it produces two times the torque density, three times the power density, two times the output per given motor size and minimum 10% more range, the company claims. million seed round led by Science Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Nissan plans to triple the current electric vehicle quick-charging infrastructure in the United States with the addition of at least 500 quick-charging stations in the next 18 months, including the greater Washington DC area’s first fast-charge network. —Brendan Jones, Nissan’s director of electric vehicle marketing and sales strategy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2013

and Peterbilt Motors Company, a division of PACCAR, released test results showing their demonstration SuperTruck tractor-trailer achieved a 54% increase in fuel economy, averaging nearly 10 mpg US (23.5 l/100 km) during testing last fall on US Route 287 between Fort Worth and Vernon, Texas. Click to enlarge. Cummins Inc.

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Cars That Think

MAY 26, 2023

The system combines advanced mobility and an open modular structure to serve the education, research, and entertainment markets, said the Hangzhou, China–based company. In future research, the team wants to explore how to program reactions from the swipe or pinching motions used on a touchscreen. [ CMU ] DEEP Robotics Co.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 11, 2024

The company has won some $45 million in contracts with the US Defense Department to expand its heavy rare earth element (HREE) processing capacity. What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

is an American transportation and logistics company best known for its fleet of commercial rental trucks. Commonly known as “Ryder,” the company specializes in fleet, supply chain, and transportation management. The transportation and logistics company expected to receive 200 BrightDrop Zevo EVs by the end of this year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions worldwide, has begun construction at its Arlington, Texas manufacturing facility, the company’s first US-based EV charger manufacturing facility. Between all facilities, Wallbox is expected to have a global production capacity of more than 1.1

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Approximately 90% of electrified vehicle traction motors use rare earth magnets. The company has won some $45 million in contracts with the US Defense Department to expand its heavy rare earth element (HREE) processing capacity. So even in conventional ICE vehicles, you do find a good amount of rare earths and magnets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2018

Ride-sharing company Uber and US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Army Research Laboratory, have entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to advance technologies supporting Future Vertical Lift. Jaret Riddick, director of the ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

We would like to take this opportunity to report on our efforts to demonstrate to automakers that a market for plug-in hybrid vehicles exists in the United States today. This would play a key role in advancing research, development and demonstration of plug-in hybrid vehicles. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX.,

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