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Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one

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Kentucky State Capitol. Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. cents, compared to a current average gas price of $2.78 per gallon in the state).

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Toyota to invest $1.3B to build EVs at its Kentucky plant

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billion investment in its Kentucky factory to build EVs, including its three-row electric SUV for the US market. The investment supports the previously announced future battery EV assembly at Toyota Kentucky. It’s also adding a battery pack assembly line, with batteries being supplied by Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina.

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Toyota will assemble Subaru 3-row EV in Kentucky, resources say

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which is scheduled to start out manufacturing in 2025. The joint building and manufacturing technique provides Subaru a bigger EV occasion permitting it to proceed to run at supremacy pace its U.S. Manufacturing of hydrogen gasoline mobile drivetrains for heavy-duty vehicles is ready to start out in December.

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Toyota confirms second 3-row electric SUV for US production

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billion investment in the automaker’s Kentucky plant, to build a separate three-row battery-electric SUV. A Thursday report from Automotive News suggests that with this vehicle due for Indiana in 2026, the Kentucky plant’s EV due for production in 2025 might be a Toyota bZ5X. billion investment in the plant.

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Toyota to begin hybrid powertrain production in US; $374M investment in 5 plants

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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 —Jeff Moore, senior vice president for Manufacturing.

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Westport launches Ford F-450 and F-550 with Bi-Fuel Westport WiNG Power System

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Assembled alongside the Westport-powered Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks at the Westport Kentucky Integration Center (WKIC), a Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) audited facility, the new F-450 and F-550 trucks have undergone the same safety and durability testing used by Ford for all its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products.

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Toyota introduces new XSE Hybrid Grade Camry

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In the Hybrid, the gasoline engine employs an even higher 14:1 compression ratio and is tuned to produce 176 hp and 163 lb.-ft. The hybrid system gives the Camry Hybrid performance similar to the four-cylinder gasoline version. The Toyota Hybrid System (THS II) combines the output of the 2.5-liter Camry AWD uses the high-efficiency 2.5-liter

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