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Volkswagen breaks ground on US lab for developing, testing of EV batteries

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Volkswagen will test and optimize Georgia-manufactured battery cells at the new lab. Current battery testing and validation takes place in two labs in Germany, Braunschweig and Wolfsburg, along with Shanghai and Changchun, both in China. This testing will include batteries for the Volkswagen ID.4

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Rivian taps ex-Porsche and Apple vet to lead R2, R3 EV platform development

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Rivian hired former Mercedes-Benz exec Arnehelm Mittelbach in November as its first plant manager for its new Georgia facility, where R2 will be built. He was also president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Vans in Charleston, SC, in addition to several roles in Germany. However, it isn’t planned to launch until 2026.

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The voestalpine Group producing ultra-high strength automotive components in US

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The steel-based technology and capital goods group voestalpine’s 17 th production site in the United States began operation , manufacturing ultra-high strength body-in-white components for premium car manufacturers in Cartersville, Georgia.

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sonnen accelerates US market efforts with solar-plus-storage technology package

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sonnen, the European market leader for smart energy storage systems, announced a partnership with SolarWorld, the largest crystalline-silicon solar manufacturer in the US and PetersenDean, the nation’s largest residential roofing company with more than a million roofs under its belt.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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But 3M got out of the data-storage business about 28 years ago, when it transferred its floppy disk manufacturing to a spin-off called Imation. At first, the innovation didn’t spread outside of Germany because of World War II. Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Louisville, Colo. Louis , Mo.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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The new CNG tractors to be deployed in these cities will be manufactured by Kenworth. Agility and Quantum Fuel Systems will provide the CNG storage systems.

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