Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Volkswagen of America is collaborating with the Tennessee Valley Authority as the utility corporation sets a goal of operating a 100% percent electric sedan and SUV fleet by the year 2030. 4 SUVs appeared first on Electric Cars Report. 4 SUVs appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electrek

JANUARY 23, 2023

Rivian and solar company Clearloop have debuted the first of Rivian’s solar-powered EV chargers in Tennessee. more… The post Rivian’s first solar-powered EV charger in Tennessee is now live appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 14, 2021

battery plant—this one in Tennessee. General Motors is reportedly making plans with the South Korean battery supplier LG Chem for a second joint U.S. According to Reuters, confirming multiple sources familiar with the plans on Wednesday, the $2.3 billion factory potentially being announced Friday would be in Spring Hill.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

LG Chem announced this week it will build a new $3 billion cathode manufacturing facility in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Inflation Reduction Act continues to drive new investment in America, just as it was intended to do. When complete, it will be the largest factory of its kind in the United States.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Tennessee busts into renewable energy spotlight with new Ford electric vehicle campus and an assist from the TVA.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In an effort to increase sales, localize production and expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the United States, Tritium DCFC Limited announced plans for expansion of its US footprint with a new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. million high-power charging sessions across 41 countries that it has already provided.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2021

General Motors plans to make an upcoming Acura-branded electric vehicle in 2024 at the same Tennessee plant that will assemble the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq, while a more affordable Honda crossover set to be about the same size could be made by GM in Mexico beginning in 2023.

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 25, 2023

The Paris, Tennessee Waypoints chargers are powered by a nearby 1-megawatt solar farm.

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Electrek

JULY 21, 2021

Rivian has announced a new partnership with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to deploy charging stations at all state parks. more… The post Rivian partners with Tennessee to deploy charging stations at all state parks appeared first on Electrek.

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Electric Driver

MARCH 29, 2023

You may already be aware of the federal tax credits for electric vehicles (if not check out Electric Vehicle Federal Tax Credit: Explained) but there are also EV incentives available in individual states, including some great incentives for Tennessee residents.

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Electrek

APRIL 16, 2021

billion investment in partnership with LG Energy Solutions to build a new battery cell gigafactory in Tennessee. billion investment with LG in battery cell gigafactory in Tennessee appeared first on Electrek. GM has confirmed a $2.3 more… The post GM confirms $2.3

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2020

General Motors confirmed Tuesday morning that its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant, which once served as the launch point for Saturn, will build the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV starting late next year. As GM clarified in August, the Lyriq might be available for sale in another market—like China—before the U.S.,

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This new […] The post Ultium Cells to expand EV battery cell output in Spring Hill, Tennessee appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2021

Rivian is partnering with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to install electric vehicle charging stations at Tenessee State Parks. The charging stations are likely to be installed at all 56 State Parks in the State of Tennessee, “depending on the availability of electricity and planned future park upgrades.”

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2019

Volkswagen today announced that it would use Chattanooga, Tennessee as its North American base for assembling electric cars. The decision to expand its Chattanooga facility means that many, if not all, of the vehicles that will be sold in the U.S. under Volkswagen’s new electric vehicle initiative will also be built in the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota Tennessee: Jackson, Tenn., $36 Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 19, 2021

GM has already started reconfiguring its Tennessee factory to build electric cars. Now it has announced a new battery factory in partnership with LG Energy Solution next door.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

DC fast charging hardware and software manufacturer Tritium outlined plans for a new manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee this morning. more… The post Tritium CEO to meet President Biden today following announcement of a new DCFC manufacturing facility in Tennessee appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2023

Based on current plans, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Michigan will see the highest growth in battery manufacturing capacity. To optimize supply chain logistics, many battery plants will be co-located with automotive plants.

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Batteries Battery Electric Vehicles Manufacturer 434

Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

4, at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 4 production in Tennessee appeared first on TESLARATI. Volkswagen of America announced earlier today it has started production of its flagship electric vehicle in the United States, the ID.4, f you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at joey@teslarati.com.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

In connection with Clean Air Month, TDEC will host a recognition ceremony and sustainable transportation forum on 7 May 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee. A panel of judges representing diverse interests will select award recipients based on criteria including on-the-ground achievement, innovation, transferability, and public education and outreach.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Australia’s Tritium DCFC ( NASDAQ: DCFC ) has officially announced plans to expand its footprint of American manufacturing with a new facility in Lebanon, Tennessee that will house up to six production lines for the company’s DC fast chargers. Federal government and the State of Tennessee on this initiative.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2023

Since that award, X-energy has completed the engineering and basic design of the nuclear reactor, has begun development and licensing of a fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and is now working with Dow to prepare applications to the NRC for Construction Permits at the Seadrift site.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

billion loan to Ultium Cells LLC to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan. The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced the closing of a $2.5-billion

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Tesla builds its three different electric models in Fremont, California; the new 2018 Nissan Leaf has just gone into production in Smyrna, Tennessee; and the Chevrolet Bolt EV is built at the Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan. Today, battery-electric cars are built in volume at only three locations across the entire United States.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2023

In August 2022, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began planning and preliminary licensing for potential deployment of a BWRX-300 at the Clinch River Site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. TVA has entered into a collaboration with OPG to coordinate efforts to move SMR technology forward.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

Alcoa broke ground on a $275-million expansion of its Tennessee Operations to meet growing aluminum demand for auto production. Demand for aluminum, already the number two material used to build cars, is expected to nearly double by 2025.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That availability came in an announcement that the second-generation electric car officially went into production the same day at Nissan's sprawling assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. It's one of three locations globally that will build.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

A green tariff agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to supply up to 100 megawatts of solar energy per year, or the amount of electricity consumed by 18,000 United States households annually. General Motors expects its Spring Hill Manufacturing plant will be powered by 100% solar energy beginning in late 2022.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Nissan has received local government approval to add more than 26,000 square feet of floor space to the Smyrna, Tennessee, plant where it produces batteries used in the Leaf electric car. Smryna's Planning Commission on Wednesday voted 4-0 in favor of Nissan's intention to enlarge the 475,000 square-foot plant, which is operated by Nissan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Piedmont has also agreed to provide LG Chem priority negotiation rights for 10,000 metric tons per year of lithium hydroxide produced by the Company at either of its proposed facilities in Tennessee or North Carolina. NAL is a project of Sayona Québec, a joint venture between Piedmont and Sayona Mining Limited.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

The new hub will also unite these manufacturers with research universities, such as the University of Tennessee with its pioneering 3D printed carbon fiber research, and the University of Kentucky with the largest US open-access carbon-fiber chemistry laboratory. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

Tritium DCFC Limited opened its first US-based EV fast charger manufacturing facility, located in Lebanon, Tennessee. Tritium’s Tennessee facility will initially produce the company’s award-winning RTM fast charger, and is expected to start production on the PKM150 early next year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Early conceptual rendering of Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee. This partnership with General Motors will transform Tennessee into another key location for electric vehicle and battery production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

In addition to the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex upgrades, Ford also has announced: It is creating an all-new EV manufacturing ecosystem in West Tennessee—called BlueOval City—the home of a battery plant and the future home of Ford’s next-generation EV pickup. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2014

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Volkswagen Group of America the regional 2014 EPA Rain Catcher Award in the Commercial Category for the Chattanooga, Tennessee Assembly Plant.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

GM has announced four US cell plants with annual capacity of 160 GWh, including the Ultium Cells joint venture plant with LG Energy Solution in Warren, Ohio, which is in production, and additional JV sites in Spring Hill, Tennessee and Lansing, Michigan that are scheduled to open in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

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