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The US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery will be in Oklahoma

Baua Electric

The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa, and is expected to be capable of producing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually. Stardust Power , a lithium refiner supplying the EV sector, is going to build the US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery in Oklahoma.

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Rivian expands testing of its electric Amazon delivery vans to Michigan

Teslarati

Rivian’s Amazon delivery van was spotted in Michigan, adding Detroit to one of the few cities the electric vehicle has been sighted and is undergoing testing. A Rivian engineer accompanied the Amazon driver behind the wheel of the electric delivery van.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

Green Car Congress

The Anaheim Transportation Network will receive funds to purchase advanced battery-electric buses. The Denver Regional Transit District will receive funds for electric vehicles, charging stations, and infrastructure upgrades. Coast Transit will receive funds to purchase electric vehicles and support job training.

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Canoo continues rapid production expansion with yet another new facility

Teslarati

Besides the new Oklahoma City Plant, Bentonville, Arkansas R&D facility, and the Pryor, Oklahoma battery production plant , Canoo has an even larger 400-acre facility planned in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area as well. Canoo is entering a supply-starved market of commercial electric vans and electric vehicles, more generally.

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As OK’s anti-Tesla bill moves forward, its author believes a compromise is possible

Teslarati

The electric vehicle community in the United States took a collective gasp earlier this month when a proposed House Bill in Oklahoma unanimously passed a committee vote. “Tesla is still not permitted to sell or deliver vehicles from those locations. Credit: Tesla). “Rep.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

Green Car Congress

Vehicle Workgroup and create a strategic plan for statewide natural gas. vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. for electric vehicle (EV) users (and potential EV users) in Minnesota. vehicle and natural gas workshops to educate potential fleet users in the. INCOG Tulsa Area.

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Amazon’s Rivian van begins delivering packages in its third U.S. city

Teslarati

Amazon’s initiative to begin delivering its packages in all-electric vehicles provided by Rivian has made it to its third U.S. The e-commerce giant announced earlier today that it began delivering packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma, joining Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, as the only U.S.

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