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Ford Investing $550M to Retool SUV Plant to Produce Focus Small Car and EV

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To produce the vehicles, Ford is converting three truck and SUV plants to car plants—Michigan Assembly, Cuautitlan Assembly in Mexico, which begins building the new Fiesta subcompact early next year; and Louisville (Ky.) Local property tax incentives for new investments at the site.

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Kentucky-Argonne Partnership to Help Build US Advanced Battery Industry

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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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There’s No Place Like Sin City for the Holidays

Baua Electric

Trust me, he can offset it,” my mom said of the tax implications.) Raised in Louisville, Ky., among racetrack denizens, my father can be a miserable loser and a confounding winner, self-pitying in defeat and sheepish in victory, as if either outcome feels a little unjust.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. It will also list current tax credits and incentives applicable to EV charging. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. General Motors. Hawaiian Electric. Hawai`i Electric Light. Maui Electric. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Kansas City Power & Light. National Grid.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. ( The biggest barrier is the battery."

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