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Toyota investing $383M in US engine production

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Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota Missouri: Troy, Mo., $109 Toyota Alabama: Huntsville, Ala., $222 222 million. 109 million.

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Production of 100th GILLIG battery-electric bus

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Louis, Missouri this month. GILLIG established best practices and validated many of the technologies used in today’s electric buses through the generations of diesel-electric hybrid and overhead trolley electric buses built to date and its first-generation fuel cell buses, which were deployed in 2001. Earlier post.)

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

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Toyota is expanding the production of its hybrid powertrains to the US. 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. Cutaway of Toyota hybrid transaxle. Toyota will invest $373.8

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Toyota bumping US investments up to nearly $13B over 5 years; focus on advancing electrification

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The new investments include adding Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Lexus ES 300 Hybrid vehicle production at its Georgetown, Ky. facility; doubling hybrid transaxle capacity at its plant in Buffalo, W.Va.; Of that, Toyota announced nearly $750 million in five different states, with more to come. The new investment totals $238 million.

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NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

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The team will consider how hybrid hydrogen-electric power generation could be combined with fuel cell technology to lower emissions. Team members include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Virginia Tech, Spelman College, Missouri University of Science and Technology, General Electric, and Aerodyne Research Incorporated.

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AT&T deploys 8,000th CNG vehicle; one of the largest corporate CNG fleets in US

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The 8,000 th CNG vehicle—a 2014 Chevy Express van manufactured in Wentzville, Missouri—was delivered to a work center in St. Louis, Missouri, and will be used to provide entertainment and communications services in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

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Lobbyists Estimate Billions in Fines If New Fuel Economy Rules Adopted

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In a nutshell, the DOE is seeking to revise how it calculates petroleum-equivalent fuel economy ratings for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids under CAFE. Examples cited by Reuters suggest machines like the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid could fall from 88.2 Matt Blunt is the group’s president and a former governor of Missouri.