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The first entirely US-made crystalline solar panels are coming to market

Baua Electric

Canada-headquartered Heliene , which makes solar panels in Minnesota, will incorporate Georgia-based Suniva’s US-made monocrystalline silicon solar cells into its panels, and those “Made in the USA” panels will hit the market in mid-2024, thanks to a new three-year strategic sourcing contract between the two companies.

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Rivian cuts prices on its base R1T and R1S ahead of R2 launch

Teslarati

The base model Rivian R1T and R1S now start at $71,700 and $76,700, respectively, including shipping but before a $3,750 federal tax credit—though buyers can also access the full $7,500 if leasing. “Like every electric vehicle producer with a U.S. “Like every electric vehicle producer with a U.S.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

Such a conversion has never been done, but the report is another sign that the idea is gaining momentum—if with the slow steps of a baby needing decades to learn to walk. “A Only one nuclear power plant is currently under construction in the United States, in eastern Georgia. Are all of these sites going to get nuclear power plants?

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First drive in the Kia EV9: The three-row electric SUV many consumers have been waiting for

Baua Electric

By last summer, we learned the Korean automaker was expanding its US facility to include EV9 production – Kia’s first BEV to be built in America and eventually qualifying for (some) federal tax credits (more on that later). That being said, the third row may very well still underwhelm some consumers.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

As The Wall Street Journal noted in a July 2023 profile , Jenkins has played an “outsized role” in determining where federal cash can have the biggest impact, and politicos like White House clean-energy advisor John Podesta name-drop the professor and his numbers to sell their ideas. And Oregon is pretty transparent.

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