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MARCH 25, 2014

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. Toyota estimates the locally-generated landfill gas will supply enough power each year for the production of 10,000 vehicles. Since 2006, the Kentucky plant has been a zero-landfill facility. As solid waste naturally breaks down in a landfill, it creates biogas.

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MAY 31, 2023

Toyota Motor Corp. made electrical car in Kentucky origination in 2025, the automaker mentioned Wednesday. Sometimes they’re slightly extended maybe by a week or so to allow us to do the tie-ins, but we are making these changes and still maintaining current production,” she mentioned. will form its first U.S.-made

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Ford is increasing production of two popular full-size SUVs to meet increasing retail demand for both models. 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.

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MAY 31, 2023

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc (TMMK) will produce the all-electric, three-row SUV starting in 2025. This is incredible news that furthers Kentucky as the center of the electric vehicle sector,” said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. TMMK is located in Georgetown, Kentucky, and made its first Camry in May 1988.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2017

Toyota Motor is making a $1.33-billion billion investment in Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. In 2015, Toyota announced it was investing $1 billion in a new TNGA plant in Guanajuato, Mexico—the first designed from the ground up with TNGA production engineering technologies. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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JUNE 22, 2023

billion to BlueOval SK LLC (BOSK) for the construction of three manufacturing plants to produce batteries for Ford Motor Company’s future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles. Together, the plants, one located in Tennessee and two in Kentucky, will enable more than 120 GWh of US battery production annually. Earlier post.)

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MAY 1, 2017

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) is instituting an investigation of certain thermoplastic encapsulated electric motors, their components, and products and vehicles containing them. This includes motors (e.g., of Southfield, MI; Honda Motor Co., of Torrance, CA; American Honda Motor Co.,

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JANUARY 18, 2023

The E-Ray is the quickest production Corvette in history, clocking a 2.5-second It is complemented by an electric motor that channels an additional 160 horsepower and 125 lb-ft of torque through the front wheels via a 1.9 In total, E-Ray produces a combined 655 horsepower from both the electric motor and Small Block V-8.

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MAY 8, 2012

This investment will increase engine production at the Kentucky plant to more than 500,000 annually and will increase total engine production in the United States to more than 1.2 Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky (TMMK) currently assembles engines for the Avalon, Camry and Venza, all built at TMMK.

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MAY 3, 2023

The South Korean battery maker is also building three EV battery plants in the US with Ford Motor Co. BlueOval SK, the joint venture between SK On and Ford, plans to operate two battery plants in Glendale, Kentucky, and one factory in Stanton, Tennessee.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Ford Motor Company plans to raise production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand, Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

billion in Tennessee and Kentucky for its electric vehicle production line. With the investments, Ford Motor Company plans to build environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee (TN) and Kentucky (KY). pic.twitter.com/SrHpPkfKRV — Ford Motor Company (@Ford) September 27, 2021.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

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. liter engine capacity at the Georgetown, Kentucky, plant; increasing production of 2.5-liter

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 1, 2023

With the ones smaller crossovers, Toyota led on production occasion Subaru contributed its off-road prowess. A spokesman for Toyota Motor North The united states additionally declined to remark. The post Toyota will assemble Subaru 3-row EV in Kentucky, resources say appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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MAY 6, 2022

CATL is now moving closer to locking in a plant in the United States, according to an exclusive report from Reuters , which said the Chinese battery maker is now vetting sites in South Carolina and Kentucky. CATL is now in talks to serve BMW AG and Ford Motor Company. Talks are currently ongoing, according to two anonymous sources.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

It seems like legacy automakers, including Toyota, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors, are starting to embrace the EV transition. These indicate that veteran automakers are taking a serious step toward mass electric vehicle production. . billion in battery development and production within the United States.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Ford has announced yet another investment in EV production, which will be critical if the automaker hopes to achieve its ambitious production targets. Undeterred, Ford announced that it remains on track to deliver on its EV production goals , including an annual run rate of 600,000 EVs this year and a run rate of 2 million by 2026.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

The first of SK On’s two plants in Georgia began mass production of EV batteries earlier this year, while the second one is expected to be operational in 2023. BlueOval SK, the joint venture between SK On and Ford Motor Company, is building three plants in the US —one in Tennessee and two others in Kentucky.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

For Urbix, the agreement accelerates its plans to establish a commercial US anode production facility that will produce 28,500 tons of anode products per annum by 2025. The IRA intends to aid investment in US domestic energy production and manufacturing, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions by roughly 40% before 2030.

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APRIL 25, 2023

kg capacity, 700 bar), fuel cell stacks, electric motor (224 kW peak, 192 kW steady) and transmission, and offers a viable alternative to traditional diesel powertrains used in commercial goods transportation as companies look to transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles. Earlier post.)

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MAY 18, 2012

engine facility to increase North American production of V6 engines. The expansion will allow Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. The increased production will begin in March 2014. Toyota also builds engines in Kentucky and West Virginia. Toyota will invest approximately $80 million its Huntsville, Ala.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

General Motors electric delivery vehicle subsidiary BrightDrop is expanding its business and product portfolio with the launch of a new temperature-controlled eCart that helps streamline order fulfillment and pickup for online grocery purchases. Online grocery is a rapidly expanding market that’s expected to reach $240 billion by 2025.

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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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JANUARY 18, 2023

The Ford F150 Lightning has been awarded Edmunds’ “Top Rated Electric Truck of 2023” award ahead of a massive production upgrade planned for this year. And these awards couldn’t come at a better time as Ford hopes to garner new demand as it massively upgrades EV production this year.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

New data from Bloomberg states that Tesla’s Fremont Factory in Northern California was the most-productive automotive plant in the U.S., Last year, Tesla’s Fremont Factory averaged a weekly production pace of 8,550 vehicles. Then in 1984, Toyota’s New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc partnered with GM to run the plant.

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OCTOBER 21, 2023

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) have been striking against the Big Three (Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis) for over a month now, and layoffs due to supply chain disruptions have also been ongoing. The UAW’s strikes earlier this month targeted the Kentucky factory, resulting in a walkout of around 9,000 workers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2023

In the olden, olden,& olden & days of vehicle production, it wasn’t uncommon for manufacturing and QC managers to be at loggerheads; there was more than one occasion in which meeting build targets took precedence over, y’know, actually getting things right.

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JULY 7, 2022

In the defense sector, they are used for lasers, precision-guided weapons, magnets for motors and other devices. Extracting or recycling REE from new sources, like low-grade ores and tailings, while using natural products could be game-changing for the REE supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Four rare earth elements (REEs) recovery projects managed by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) ( earlier post ) have made significant progress in the development of a domestic supply of REEs from coal and coal by-products by successfully producing REE concentrates.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The executive again hinted that it’s interested in addressing quality control while reminding everyone that new products are forthcoming. Thankfully, we are on track to reach full production schedules in the coming days at our assembly plants in Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois that were affected during the strike.

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JUNE 30, 2023

In her untouched function, Elkington “will be responsible for accelerating the company’s electrified transformation, with a focus on battery and electric vehicle production and supply strategy,” the automaker stated.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. An all-new $5.6-billion billion mega-campus in Stanton, Tenn.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ford Motor Co. Ford CFO John Lawler described the company’s plans in a media briefing on Thursday. “We’re not moving away from our second-generation EV products. These include a tentative second battery plant at a new campus in Kentucky. We are going to push out some of that investment,” he said.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Ford CEO Jim Farley said that the automaker is working to get production and deliveries back to full capacity after ratifying its contract with the UAW. Farley believes the plants in Michigan, Kentucky, and Illinois that were affected by the UAW’s strike are “on track to reach full production schedules in the coming days.”

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unionized Ford workers in Louisville, Kentucky, and General Motors employees from Spring Hill, Tennessee, have voted no on the contract agreement reached by the United Auto Workers. & On Monday, production workers at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant voted against the tentative agreement.

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