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Ford cutting F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds

Teslarati

I took a Ford F-150 Lightning to Tesla Superchargers: The Good and Bad According to the President of UAW Local 862 in Louisville, Kentucky, Todd Dunn, battery tech is the main holdup in why purchasing has slowed. The new F-150 Lightning units were held for a quality review. “Their intentions were to build 180,000-plus units.

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Volkswagen workers at Tennessee plant file to hold UAW election

Teslarati

After the UAW threatened to launch a strike at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant last month, due to incomplete local contracts, CEO Jim Farley said that the automaker would “have to think carefully about our (manufacturing) footprint.” “Our Really our relationship has changed.

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SEMPEED (Simulation of Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Electrical Drives) Consortium launches

Green Car Congress

Stanley Pigman Chair in Power at University of Kentucky (UoK) in Lexington, KY. A first group meeting and two-day training course was held in May 2015 in Milwaukee to correlate with the EMCW 2015 Expo and Conference. has now relocated to be a full time Professor and the L.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

Green Car Congress

Demonstrations are taking place this week at the 2012 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio. EIA forecasts that the mix in 2035 will shift to include 39% coal; 27% natural gas; and 16% renewables. Non-hydro renewable sources will than double between 2010. and 2035, according to the EIA forecast.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

EV Connect

Various tax and grant programs are available in every state except Alaska, Kansas, Kentucky, North Dakota, South Dakota and West Virginia. The National Conference of State Legislatures provides an up-to-date map with detailed information about current programs in every state and US territory. These are just a few examples.

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3 Electric Vehicle Trends in the Growing Market

EV Connect

But, at this point, the only states that don’t have incentives to some degree are the Dakotas, Kansas, Kentucky and West Virginia. The strongest examples, however, come on a state-by-state basis. It would be impractical to try and list all of them.

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

Plug in America

Fran Pavely, the author of landmark global warming legislation, led off our press conference. As an example, WKYT, a CBS affiliate in Frankfort, Kentucky, proudly showcased an NDEW event “right here in the bluegrass.” It didn’t matter. We knew we were doing something downright groundbreaking and EV champion Sen.

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