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Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company, a developer of advanced nuclear reactors and fuel technology for clean energy generation, announced that Dow has selected its UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project.

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MARCH 11, 2017

HTS International Corporation and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have signed an agreement to explore potential collaborations in advanced manufacturing research such as in conformal cooling. The iTherm design process incorporates data from simulations to engineer cooling solutions. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 24, 2022

General Motors has begun retail production of the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ ( earlier post ) at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. billion is being invested in an all-new battery cell manufacturing plant at Spring Hill, by Ultium Cells LLC, the joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution. An additional $2.3 million vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc. TMMAL), an engine-production subsidiary of Japan-based Toyota Motor. four-cylinder engine production. The 10-year old plant now has the capacity to produce approximately 216,000 4-cylinder engines, 146,000 V6 engines, and 144,000 V8 engines per year. liter and 2.7-liter

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JANUARY 17, 2017

General Motors will invest an additional $1 billion in US manufacturing operations. These investments follow $2.9 billion announced in 2016 and more than $21 billion GM has invested in its US operations since 2009. The new investments cover multiple new vehicle, advanced technology and component projects. economy over that period.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Cadillac engineers recently completed the “80 percent” validation drive for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ—a critical milestone in Cadillac’s first luxury EV’s development, marking a transition to the final stage prior to production. —Todd Bruder, lead development engineer. LYRIQ has exceptional torsional stiffness.

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MARCH 6, 2023

X-energy manufactures its own proprietary version (TRISO-X) to ensure supply and quality control. The JDA includes up to $50 million in engineering work, up to half of which is eligible to be funded through ARDP, and the other half by Dow. X-energy was selected by DOE in 2020 to receive up to $1.2

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AUGUST 27, 2014

General Motors will invest $185 million to make small-displacement gasoline engines at its Spring Hill, Tennessee manufacturing complex. Spring Hill is among six manufacturing locations around the globe that will produce the new engine. GM Spring Hill currently manufactures the award-winning Ecotec 2.0L

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Limited (CATL), the world’s leading battery manufacturer. Under the arrangement, Ford’s wholly owned subsidiary would manufacture the battery cells using LFP battery cell knowledge and services provided by CATL. Ford engineers will integrate these LFP battery cells into its vehicles. With this $3.5-billion

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Mercedes-Benz marked another milestone in its China strategy with the official opening ceremony of its engine plant—the first for passenger-car engines outside of Germany. Together with the long-wheelbase E-Class and the C-Class, GLK-Class vehicles are currently manufactured at Beijing Benz Automotive Company Ltd.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Low-Cost and Scalable Second Use Battery Demonstration in Central California for Equitable Domestic Manufacturing and Job Growth. Tennessee Technological University. Development and Scaling Up of the Purification and Regeneration Integrated Materials Engineering (PRIME) Process for Cathodes Direct Recycling and Upcycling.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing. performing metals and alloys by removing technological barriers to their manufacture.

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MARCH 15, 2019

manufacturing plant; expanding engine capacity at its Huntsville, Ala. In Alabama, Toyota’s $288,000,000 investment will increase annual engine capacity from 670,000 to 900,000 by the end of 2021 to increase product flexibility and better accommodate market demand. Bodine will add 13 new jobs to its facility in Tennessee.

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MAY 11, 2012

Nissan has begun construction of a new manufacturing facility in Decherd, Tenn. The new plant will produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. Production of the new engines will begin in 2014 with installed capacity of 250,000 units per year. Earlier post.). as of 2014).

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Wallace Center will will accelerate new technologies such as lithium-metal, silicon and solid-state batteries along with production methods that can quickly be deployed at battery cell manufacturing plants like GM's joint ventures with LG Energy Solution in Lordstown, Ohio, and Spring Hill, Tennessee, along with other undisclosed locations.

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MARCH 23, 2019

The new Chevrolet electric vehicle is in addition to the existing Chevrolet Bolt EV and will be designed and engineered off an advanced version of the current Bolt EV architecture. Moving production to a US manufacturing plant supports the rules of origin provisions in the proposed United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

announced today that its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant will begin the transition to become the company’s third vehicle manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, and Orion Assembly in Orion Township, Michigan. General Motors Co.

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MARCH 13, 2020

As the Volkswagen Chattanooga factory ramps up production of the new Atlas Cross Sport, and lays groundwork for assembling the next generation of Volkswagen electric vehicles planned to begin in 2022, engineers are using augmented reality (AR) goggles to design production lines and help spot potential issues.

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JANUARY 8, 2012

powertrain assembly plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. The collaboration marks the first production of Mercedes-Benz engines in the North America Free Trade region. Thus we are systematically broadening our manufacturing footprint in this important growth market.

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JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.

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JULY 19, 2023

One key unit is located in Tennessee: Volkswagen’s Innovation Hub in Knoxville is driving applied materials science in collaboration with the University of Tennessee (UT) and Oakridge National Lab (ORNL). This includes the ORNL, of which VWGoA has also established research collaborations.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

To be successful, universities will need to recruit a diverse team of students and faculty, spanning many engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, computer and software engineering, as well as communications, marketing and project management. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Ohio State University.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

million project—one of 13 selected through a DOE initiative focused on addressing engineering challenges for advanced battery materials and devices—will be conducted in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The three-year, $2.2-million

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MARCH 21, 2015

billion) in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim and is transforming it into a center of competence for highly efficient engines, hybrid powertrains and the production of fuel cell systems. —Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

million in five US manufacturing plants to support production of its first US-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. liter engine capacity at the Georgetown, Kentucky, plant; increasing production of 2.5-liter liter engine blocks. Toyota will invest $373.8

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JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines.

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In the state of Tennessee alone, Volkswagen Group anticipates a $600-million investment and creation of 2,000 additional jobs. The United States continues to be one of the most important markets for Volkswagen, and our commitment to Chattanooga and the state of Tennessee is clear proof of that.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Tenneco produces the aftertreatment components at its manufacturing facilities in Smithville, Tennessee and Puebla, Mexico. Engineering and development was conducted at the company’s global emissions control technical center in Grass Lake, Mich.

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JULY 14, 2014

The Board of Directors of Volkswagen Group of America has decided to award the production of its new midsize SUV to the Chattanooga plant in Tennessee. About US$600 million (€432 million) will be invested in Tennessee. This will lead to the creation of approximately 200 qualified engineers working in Chattanooga. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated an additive manufacturing (3D printing) method to control the structure and properties of metal components with precision unmatched by conventional manufacturing processes. Ryan Dehoff et al.

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JUNE 19, 2017

to resolve violations of the California Health and Safety Code related to the advertising and sales of illegal aftermarket performance parts in California, especially tuner products made for diesel pick-up truck engines. is the parent company of performance part manufacturer Bully Dog Technologies, LLC. and Hypertech, Inc.

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The EV charger business is a growth engine for LG’s future, supporting the company’s transformation into a smart solutions company,” said LG President Alec Jang. “LG manufacturing base for EV chargers and creating new jobs here,” said Mayor Parker during the opening ceremony. “We

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MARCH 20, 2017

Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing company Arconic (formerly part of Alcoa before Alcoa split itself last year into two entities—Alcoa focused on the raw aluminum operation and Arconic on products into industries such as automotive) announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Our relationship with Bosch also gives us access to their experienced engineering team which is one of the largest and most respected in the world. The first 5,000 trucks will be built at Fitzgerald Gliders in Tennessee while Nikola builds its own manufacturing facility.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Technology collaborators also include the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech and the University of Tennessee,Knoxville. million Phase 1 DOE award was made under the program “Project Definition for Pilot- and Demonstration-Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower”.

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JUNE 17, 2021

The announcement builds on GM’s initial commitment announced in March 2020 to invest $20 billion from 2020 through 2025, including capital, engineering expenses and other development costs, to accelerate its transition to EVs and AVs. GM manufactures its fuel cells in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in a joint venture with Honda.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The sale and purchase agreement covers Nissan’s battery subsidiary, Automotive Energy Supply Corporation ( AESC ), as well as battery manufacturing operations in Smyrna, Tennessee, owned by Nissan North America Inc. NNA), and in Sunderland, England, owned by Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd.

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