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Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Truck and PACCAR select Mississippi for battery cell production in the US

Electric Cars Report

Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business unit of Cummins, Daimler Truck and PACCAR, have selected Marshall County, Mississippi, as the future site of advanced battery cell manufacturing for their planned joint venture.

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Mississippi, 50th place in everything, passes bill to stop EV dealers

Electrek

The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that will stop electric car companies from opening their own dealerships in the state, ensuring that the state famous for being last place in many rankings of all 50 states remains there.

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Mississippi bill aiming to restrict EV direct sales passes the Senate

Teslarati

Tesla and other electric vehicle makers may find it harder to open new company-owned stores in Mississippi in the future. If it does get signed into law, electric vehicle makers like Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid would be mandated to sell their vehicles through a franchised dealership. The bill is now on its way to Gov.

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Tesla asks fans in Oklahoma and Mississippi to fight new bills to ban direct sales of electric cars

Electrek

Tesla is using its community platform to ask fans in Oklahoma and Mississippi to help defeat new bills that could be used to ban direct sales of electric cars. more… The post Tesla asks fans in Oklahoma and Mississippi to fight new bills to ban direct sales of electric cars appeared first on Electrek.

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Nissan Will Reconfigure Mississippi Factory For EV Production

CleanTechnica EVs

Nissan will retool its Mississippi factory to make 2 new electric car models.

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Mack Trucks, Aston Martin, Scout & Mississippi: Top EV News Mar 9, 2023

InsideEVs

As we head into another weekend, there's a host of compelling electric car news to help promote EV adoption.

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GreenTech Auto shutters its doors, closes Mississippi factory

Green Car Reports

The harsh reality of high costs and the inexorable heft of the auto industry have claimed another electric-car startup. GreenTech Automotive opened a plant in Mississippi in 2014, first saying it would manufacture a small, two-seat electric vehicle called the MyCar there.