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AISIN to invest more than $200M in new production lines for two-motor hybrid transmissions in N Carolina

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AISIN Corporation, the fifth-largest Tier 1 auto supplier in the world, announced today that it will launch two new production lines with a total anticipated investment of more than $200 million at its AISIN North Carolina Corporation (ANC) facility in Durham, North Carolina.

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Toyota to invest up to $5.6B in battery production in Japan and US

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Toyota Motor Corporation will invest up to approximately US$5.6 billion will be newly invested in Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina (TBMNC; owned 90% by Toyota Motor North America, Inc. and 10% by Toyota Tsusho Corporation) toward increasing automotive battery production.

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DOE awarding $71M to 20 RD&D projects to cut GHG emissions, expand EV infrastructure; $5M to Achates for opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid

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Of the $71 million, Achates Power will receive $5 million for work on an opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid commercial vehicle system, and Cummins will receive $4 million for its work on an ultra-low emissions heavy-duty 10L natural gas engine. Eaton Corporation. North Carolina State University. Eaton Corporation.

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NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

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The team will consider how hybrid hydrogen-electric power generation could be combined with fuel cell technology to lower emissions. Team members include Georgia Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, University of Nevada at Reno, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Nevada Corporation.

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Toyota to invest $1.3B to build EVs at its Kentucky plant

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It’s also adding a battery pack assembly line, with batteries being supplied by Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina. In October 2023, Toyota announced it would invest an additional $8 billion in its North Carolina EV battery plant, which it first announced in December 2021, to make batteries for its EVs and PHEVs.

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Toyota will assemble Subaru 3-row EV in Kentucky, resources say

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Mum or dad corporate Subaru Corp. Employees on the advanced put together the Camry, Camry Hybrid, RAV4 Hybrid and Lexus ES, in addition to four- and six-cylinder engines. The joint building and manufacturing technique provides Subaru a bigger EV occasion permitting it to proceed to run at supremacy pace its U.S.

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Getrag sells its axle business, exclusive license for electric drivetrain technology to GKN

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Additionally, Getrag is selling to GKN an exclusive license for electric drivetrain technology to be used in electric and certain hybrid applications mainly for the markets in Europe and North America. —Mihir Kotecha, CEO of Getrag Corporate Group.