Green Car Congress
MARCH 30, 2022
Vietnam-based VinFast and the government of North Carolina signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of VinFast’s first North American manufacturing plant. Construction for phase 1 of the factory will start in 2022 after a construction permit is granted and production is expected to start in July, 2024.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2013
The Biofuels Center of North Carolina has begun to shut down operations over a 90-day period and will close its doors by Thursday, 31 October 2013, due to the North Carolina General Assembly’s elimination of its funding in the state budget signed recently by Gov. Pat McCrory.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2020
million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). This is the third round of ASSURE grants for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
In addition to a significant manufacturing complex in Vietnam, VinFast has announced plans to build a large EV manufacturing facility in North Carolina in March 2022. VinFast was granted an incentive package of $1.2 VinFast was granted an incentive package of $1.2 Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 21, 2010
Celgard, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc., and a leading supplier of microporous separators used in lithium-ion batteries, plans to expand capacity at its existing Charlotte, North Carolina facility and build a new manufacturing site in Concord, North Carolina. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2014
Asplundh, an international provider of vegetation management services to utilities and municipalities, is one of the first in its industry to adopt propane autogas for some of the medium-duty trucks in its fleet. A North Carolina State University grant for Clean Fuel Advanced Technology helped fund one of Asplundh’s vehicles.
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2009
Celgard, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc. Celgard, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc. Celgard is seeking federal funds through this grant initiative to increase its lithium-ion battery separator production capacity in the United States. Earlier post.).
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