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Tesla has secured a massive new building in Illinois

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Tesla has secured a long-term lease on a massive new building located in Pontoon Beach, Illinois, near St. The post Tesla has secured a massive new building in Illinois appeared first on Electrek. It’s not clear what the building will be used for, but it’s likely going to be a giant parts distribution center.

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Tesla Leases Huge Future Warehouse In Illinois, Near St. Louis, MO

InsideEVs

It appears Tesla may have plans to open a parts distribution facility near the Illinois and Missouri state lines.

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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Volvo Trucks Customer QCD orders 30 more VNR Electric trucks for Southern California fleet

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Located in the St. Louis area, Gateway is in the process of becoming a Volvo Trucks Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) Dealer so that its team can support customers throughout its Missouri and Illinois service territory with their electromobility goals.

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NSF awards UIC $1.44M to discover new 2D materials for better batteries

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The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $1.44-million During the four year grant cycle, Salehi-Khojin and Klie will be assisted by researchers at Washington University of St. million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to discover new 2D materials that can be used to manufacture better and cheaper batteries.

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Amazon announces milestones within Rivian EDV fleet

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Since launching the delivery of packages using the all-electric vans Rivian developed especially for its partnership with Amazon, the e-commerce giant has accumulated more than 3,000 EDV units from the Normal, Illinois-based automaker. including Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St.

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EV gateway

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Louis chapter spreads the message locally. Caravan of GEVA EVs leave the Saint Louis Science Center McDonnell Planetarium. The Gateway Electric Vehicle Association (GEVA) has forged partnerships in the St. Louis area that have proved successful in expanding outreach. That gives me 30 miles on a sunny day.”