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Michigan-based Meijer installing EV charging stations at stores

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based supercenter chain, plans to install electric vehicle charging stations at several of its Michigan stores. Installation of the units is being handled by Waterford, Mich.-based The purchase and installation of these units represents an investment of nearly $100,000 by Meijer. Meijer, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based

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USDA invests $26 million in biofuel infrastructure to expand availability of higher-blend renewable fuels in 23 states

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The announcement includes investments in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wisconsin. In Ohio, United Dairy Farmers Inc.

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Ford to invest C$1.8 billion in Oakville complex for EV manufacturing in Canada

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The transformed campus will feature a new 407,000 square-foot on-site battery plant that will utilize cells and arrays from BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky. Oakville workers will take these components and assemble battery packs that will then be installed in vehicles assembled on-site. Earlier post.)

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Ford boosting production targets for full-size SUVs by about 25%; increasing line speed at Kentucky Truck Plant

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The company is increasing line speed at its Kentucky Truck Plant to build more Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition SUVs, boosting production targets approximately 25% since last fall when the SUVs hit the market. Kentucky Truck Plant assembly line workers are working overtime and voluntary weekend shifts. Advanced manufacturing.

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Pioneer Natural Resources adding 225 bi-fuel Westport WiNG natural gas F250s to fleet

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Westport LD recently officially opened the Westport Kentucky Integration Center (WKIC) in Louisville where the natural gas WiNG power systems are installed on Ford F250 and F350 bi-fuel pickup trucks.

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Maxwell supplying ultracaps to ABB for hybrid version of Philadelphia rail energy recuperation system

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ABB will install a hybrid version of its high-efficiency ENVILINE wayside energy recovery and storage system for the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s (SEPTA) light rail system serving the greater Philadelphia area. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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DOE awarding $2.8B to 21 projects to boost minerals output for batteries

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Installing the first lithium iron phosphate cathode facility in the United States. According to the DOE, the funding for the selected projects will support: Developing enough battery-grade lithium to supply approximately 2 million EVs annually; Developing enough battery-grade graphite to supply approximately 1.2

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