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Lordstown Motors continues cash flow woes, sells Ohio plant to iPhone manufacturer Foxconn

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Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicle startup based in Ohio, has announced that it has agreed in principle to work jointly on electric vehicle programs with iPhone manufacturer Hon Hai Technology Group, more commonly known as Foxconn. Don’t hesitate to contact us with tips!

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NRDC says Baard Energy agrees to switch from coal to natural gas for feedstock for proposed synthetic fuel plant in Ohio to avoid further permit challenges

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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a press release on Friday saying that Baard Energy had agreed to a settlement entailing their switching from coal as a feedstock for its planned coal/biomass-to-liquids Ohio River Clean Fuels plant ( earlier post ) to natural gas. Earlier post.). Therefore, what.

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Stellantis Investors Fume Over CEO Pay Amid Job Cuts, Plant Closures, Supplier Strife

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the company has initiated the termination of thousands of supplemental employees in Detroit, Toledo and Ohio, and is eliminating more positions in France, according to local unions. Crain's Detroit Business reported that at least a couple Tier 1 suppliers have stopped shipping parts to the automaker in recent weeks out of protest.

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Lordstown Motors Goes Bust

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Though the writing was already on the wall for the Ohio-based electric vehicle manufacturer. The lawsuit against Foxconn was already known of, as Lordstown issued an announcement earlier in the month stating that the Taiwanese firm had failed to adhere to its part of their corporate agreement. “As On Tuesday, Lordstown Motors Corp.

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Velocys establishes strategic alliance with TRI for gasification systems for BTL plants

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A key next step will be an integrated technology demonstration; Velocys will relocate its skid-mounted pilot plant from Ohio to the TRI facility in North Carolina. The company expects the terms of the MoU to be reflected in legally-binding documentation within the coming months. The agreement is not exclusive on either party.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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His parents emigrated to the United States when he was a small child and raised him in Ohio. As Fouché recounts in his book, Woods found himself repeatedly stymied by opportunists aiming to use his ingenuity as the seed for get-rich-quick schemes that cut the inventor out of the get-rich part. Woods responded with an unequivocal No.

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

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Under the plea agreement, both Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress, must certify that they have reserved sufficient assets to meet legal obligations with respect to its coal ash impoundments within North Carolina, obligations estimated to be approximately $3.4 million tons of coal ash); and Ohio (approximately 5.9