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Rockwood Lithium opens new lithium production facility in Nevada; announces global price increases for lithium salts

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million investment from the Recovery Act to expand its North Carolina lithium production facility as well as its production operations in Silver Peak, Nevada. Rockwood is leveraging a $28.4-million

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Chrysler to deploy 20 Ram plug-in hybrid pickups this month; first of 140-unit test fleet

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Chrysler will deliver the first 20 units of its coming 140-unit plug-in hybrid RAM pickup test truck fleet ( earlier post )—10 to Clark County, Nevada and 10 to Yuma, Arizona—later this month, said Chrysler’s Abdullah A. Hemi V8 gasoline engine; a two-mode hybrid transmission; a 12.9 Click to enlarge.

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Western Governors pledge to create electric vehicle charging network

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The governors of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to create a unified regional electric vehicle plan to allow electric vehicles to recharge and travel easily along the 5,000 miles of freeways in the western region. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Tesla Gigafactory Drone Flyover, CA Plug-In Hybrid Green Stickers, German 'Eco Lane': Today's Car News

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Today, we have a drone flyover of the Tesla "Gigafactory" site in Nevada, an update on California's green carpool-lane stickers for plug-in hybrids, and a German state's plans to test an "eco lane" for green cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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US EV Sales Share Reaches 7% in Q2 2022 — New Data Now Available?

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EV & Hybrid Sales & Sales Share by State: Q1-Q2/H1 2022 — LEARN MORE. A few other insights you will find: In Q2 2022, three states/districts (California, District of Columbia, and Washington) have combined sales share for alternative powertrain vehicles (BEV, PHEV, FCEV, and Hybrid) of at least 25%.

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UPS updates 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric step vans with smaller genset engine for better fuel economy

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UPS announced an update to 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric delivery trucks that improve fuel economy as part of the company’s broader Rolling Laboratory approach. The trucks will be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Texas later this year.

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Volt & Leaf Crashed, Tesla Gigafactory, Three Drive Reports: The Week In Reverse (VIDEO)

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Why were reporters sneaking around a Nevada industrial park? And which plug-in electric car didn''t do so well on a recent IIHS crash test? We''ve now driven the upcoming 2015 Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid, and we tell you all about it. July sales figures for.'

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