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Toyota 3-row EVs, Tesla price cuts, electric G-wagen, airless tires: The Week in Reverse

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Which EV brand has the lowest ownership costs of any automotive brand? That complements the other Toyota 3-row electric SUV set to be made in Kentucky in 2025. 2025 Mazda EZ-6 Honda plans to create an $11 billion EV hub in Canada. Which automaker priced its hardware set allowing its EVs to back up the home?

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Doubling the length of a turbine blade can help quadruple the amount of electricity generated. TPI Composites, Inc.;

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UAW and Big Three ratify contracts with 64% of workers voting in favor

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The contract offers 25-percent base increases to worker wages, along with gradual increases to top pay by as much as 33 percent, along with additional cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) that amount to over $42 per hour. Ford has estimated that the new contract will increase labor costs by around $850 to $900 per vehicle.

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UAW crash with Detroit 3 displays a extra confrontational union as collision time limit looms

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Talking extreme era to Ford employees at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fain complained about one usual for the company category and some other for familiar employees. For years, the union gave up normal pay raises and misplaced cost-of-living salary will increase to aid the firms keep an eye on prices.

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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid XSE

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The 2021 Toyota Camry Hybrid sells against other midsize hybrid sedans–the Honda Accord and Insight , Hyundai Sonata and its larger sibling, the Toyota Avalon. Road Test: 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid. Road Test: 2020 Honda Insight Hybrid. Corrosion Perforation – Five years/Unlimited miles. Story by John Faulkner.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 U of Kentucky). Honda, Applied Materials). of Kentucky-Center for Applied Energy Research. per gallon. Penn State. (U 1,019,874.

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