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LG opens its first EV charging equipment factory in the U.S.

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According to a press release shared by the company on Monday, LG has opened the EV charger plant in Fort Worth, Texas, set to eventually have an annual capacity of over 10,000 units. The news also came alongside a ribbon-cutting event featuring LG executives, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker, and other local officials.

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GM and POSCO Chemical to process cathode active material at new $400M joint venture plant in Québec

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The site’s construction will allow for future expansion opportunities as GM continues to pursue many potential future EV supply chain projects. GM and our supplier partners are creating a new, more secure and more sustainable ecosystem for EVs, built on a foundation of North American resources, technology and manufacturing expertise.

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Fort Worth approves $68.9M incentive package for Linear Labs for electric motor manufacturing

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The City of Fort Worth, Texas has approved a $68.9-million million economic incentive package for electric-motor-manufacturer Linear Labs ( earlier post ) to further solidify the city as the next tech innovation hub. —Brad Hunstable, Co-Founder and CEO of Linear Labs.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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But the ultimate goal is for VinFast to become a globally recognized EV manufacturer offering competitively priced vehicles. James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas).

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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The Alliance to Save Energy has chartered a national commission of business, government and civil society leaders that will work together to develop a pathway and recommendations to reduce energy use in the US transportation sector by 50% by 2050 while meeting future mobility needs.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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We carried out our first flight demonstration on 11 October 2022, when we flew a Bell 407GXi helicopter (supplied by consortium member Bell Textron) as a stand-in for a future electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle, or eVTOL. As the helicopter was preparing to take off from Fort Worth for the first flight, at around 2 p.m.

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Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

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Automotive manufacturers are already looking at HET technology as the solution to size, weight and range constraints. With 45 percent of worldwide electricity consumption passing through an electric motor, the number of industries this technology could impact are endless. Linear Labs was founded in 2014 in Texas by Brad and Fred Hunstable.