Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2010

Ford Motor Company has awarded Toshiba a major contract to supply electric drive motors for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Toshiba Corporation will expand manufacturing capacity at its plant in Houston, Texas for production of the high-performance drive motors for HEV, PHEV and EV applications.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Public documents submitted to Canada’s Lobbyists Registration system suggest that Tesla might be considering an advanced manufacturing facility in Ontario. . Teslarati searched through Canada’s Lobbyist Registry System and found an in-house Corporation called Tesla Motors Canada ULC. The revision included a new objective, seen below.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The city of Houston is set to receive the first Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Buy America-compliant mid-size autonomous bus in the US. As the inaugural class of AIM incubators, provide industry leadership in sharing project outcomes with the public transportation community.

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JULY 25, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized eight Toyota manufacturing sites in North America for achieving a 10% reduction in energy intensity through its ENERGY STAR Challenge For Industry program. The ENERGY STAR Challenge For Industry program is only awarded to individual industrial sites.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Drawing on our leadership team’s decades of experience, we intend to commercialize and scale-up membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production while working closely with Tier-1 manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. The program is funded by an Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) OPEN award.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

has been awarded a $35-million contract through the US Department of Defense (DoD) Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program to support the construction of a commercial scale processing facility for heavy rare earth elements (HREE) at Mountain Pass. MP Materials Corp. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which will focus on growing US manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting US competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Automobiles have become a new platform for innovation, and manufacturers are already using MIPI Alliance specifications as they develop and implement applications for passive and active safety, infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Ford Motor Company; Genesys Logic, Inc.; Analogix Semiconductor, Inc.; Hardent Inc.;

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Texas-based KLD Energy Technologies Inc., Qianjiang) will serve as a contract manufacturer for the company and intends to leverage KLD Energy Technologies’ electric motor systems. KLD says that its motor system uses a nano-crystalline composite material to conduct energy more efficiently than traditional, iron-core motors.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $35 million for 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing. manufacturers that could improve their competitiveness and enhance their energy efficiency. Advanced Manufacturing Awards. Organization. DOE Funding. 1,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2020

The participating companies are Beep, Cruise, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Local Motors, Navya, Nuro, Toyota, Uber, and Waymo. The States are California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2022

The heart of any electric motor consists of a rotor that revolves around a stationary part, called a stator. Stator iron accounts for about two-thirds of the weight of a conventional motor. The layered components of an Infinitum Electric axial-flux motor are shown here, in exploded form. Electric motors consume.

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APRIL 23, 2022

University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX). More than 27,000 students from 93 unique educational institutions have participated to date, seeding the industry with engineers who have helped redefine the automobile over the last three decades. Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) / Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH).

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MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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JULY 8, 2022

Citing industry sources, German publication TeslaMag.de reported that new systems for the production of Cybertruck drives had been ordered from German manufacturers. The needed machines for the Cybertruck are reportedly being built and are expected to be deployed in Gigafactory Texas around early July 2023.

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JUNE 27, 2023

General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

ActaCell, a Li-ion battery spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin, was selected by the state of Texas, through the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC), to be awarded investment by the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF).

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) in the UK released data revealing Tesla was the 9th highest-selling car brand in the country with 4,021 registrations. The Texas-based car manufacturer also sold more than Peugeot, with 3,112 new car gestations and Nissan, which sold 2,336 units in August.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 26, 2022

It appears that Tesla is hard at work in its efforts to prepare Gigafactory Texas for the production of the Cybertruck. As per observations from the electric vehicle community, for example, it would seem that numerous new production line robots have arrived at the Austin, Texas facility recently. .

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JUNE 19, 2023

SK Signet, one of the industry’s major charging equipment makers, has announced that it will be introducing electric vehicle chargers that are compatible with Tesla’s technology this year. The “NACS coalition,” as Tesla CEO Elon Musk dubs it, is growing steadily. The NACS is building up some serious momentum.

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MAY 22, 2019

Low-speed electric vehicle sales there appear to have slowed in 2018, but manufacturers still sold nearly 1.5 Low-speed electric vehicles (and other electric vehicles) are even more impactful when it comes to capturing incremental demand for transport services that might otherwise be served by gasoline-burning motors.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The City of Fort Worth, Texas has approved a $68.9-million million economic incentive package for electric-motor-manufacturer Linear Labs ( earlier post ) to further solidify the city as the next tech innovation hub.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2021, Tesla’s Model 3 all-electric sedan undoubtedly lead the United Kingdom to what the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) called “the most successful year in history for electric vehicle uptake.” ” Credit: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) UK.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The trade show serves as a complete sourcing platform for electric vehicle and autonomous driving technologies where top-tier brands, promising startups, industry experts, influential media, and government leaders converge to foster valuable business connections, seize opportunities, and explore solutions for the future of mobility.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

However you break it down, the Fremont Factory’s manufacturing prowess showed its domination in 2021, as it was the most productive automotive factory in the United States in 2021, outpacing Toyota, BMW, and Ford factories that have long created the most robust figures of car production in previous decades. 85 cars per minute.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

General Motors’ Arlington, Texas, Assembly plant will soon be able to build up to 125,000 trucks a year using wind power. The 115 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy will be enough to manufacture more than half of the plant’s annual vehicle output.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We’re at a fascinating time in the transportation industry. We’re at an inflection point and we have an opportunity, as an industry and a sector, to leverage that transformation for the benefit of society. The way in which vehicles are powered and how they’re driven is evolving.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Originally founded in Ukraine as the Technocom food processing firm in 1993, Vingroup has branched out into just about every industry relevant in Southeast Asia. But the ultimate goal is for VinFast to become a globally recognized EV manufacturer offering competitively priced vehicles.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

US President Joe Biden may have already proven that he can say the word “Tesla” in public, but he may still need some prodding when it comes to acknowledging that the Texas-based EV maker is a true-blue American company. “We’re making ‘Buy American’ a reality — not just a promise,” Biden wrote. .

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

The Ford Motor Company has selected Toshiba Corporation to supply automotive inverters for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Toshiba already has a June 2010 contract with Ford under which it will supply high-performance drive motors for HEV and PHEV from 2012, from its facility in Houston, Texas.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A new report claims that Rivian, based in Normal, Illinois, will bring a second electric vehicle manufacturing plant to the United States by building it in Georgia. The State seems hungry to bring a large-scale EV manufacturing project to the area, which will undoubtedly supply thousands of manufacturing jobs.

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JULY 24, 2012

In addition, testing at Goodyear’s tire plant in Lawton, Oklahoma showed improved mixing capabilities in the manufacturing process. Prototype tires built in Lawton will be tested at Goodyear’s Proving Grounds in San Angelo, Texas in the coming months.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

A secure, reliable, and sustainable domestic supply of CMs and REEs is essential to the continued health of the US energy and electronics industries and is an important contributor to national security. Texas Mineral Resources Corp (Sierra Blanca, TX). Energy Fuels Resources (Lakewood, CO). MATERIA USA LLC (Inwood, NY).

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Baua Electric

JUNE 1, 2023

As a part of the growth, Panasonic mentioned it is going to announce a 3rd North American battery manufacturing web site by way of March 2024. as the house to a unutilized $4 billion battery manufacturing facility that can provide Tesla. He added that manufacturing of 4680 batteries might be added to Kansas going forward.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Rumors of a potential Tesla Gigafactory in Canada were recently fueled again after Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne mentioned that he and his team are heading over to California on Friday to meet with an automaker. The official made his comments at the Detroit Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

million to fuel cell manufacturers Nuvera and Plug Power ($650,000 apiece) a project testing the use of hydrogen fuel cell refrigeration units (transport refrigeration units, TRUs) in delivery trucks. A fuel cell can potentially provide a clean, quiet and efficient alternative by powering the electric motor. —Kriston Brooks.

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JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. His third, lithium iron phosphate, is now one of the most popular battery chemistries in the automotive industry. He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S.

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