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Ford & SK Innovation Break Ground On EV Battery Factory In Kentucky, Create 5,000 New Jobs

December 8, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, blueovalsk, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ford, green economy, green jobs, kentucky, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, sk innovation

Credit to Author: Stuart Ungar| Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:12:15 +0000

Ford and SK Innovation broke ground today in Glendale, Kentucky, on a battery factory that will create 5,000 new jobs. The training for these workers will also take place locally at the new Elizabethtown Community and Technical College BlueOval SK Training Center. The facility is a whopping 42,000 square feet and the state has ponied […]

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Battery Factories — Volkswagen Warns On High Energy Prices, Northvolt Eyes US

December 2, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., northvolt, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:00:17 +0000

In a perfect world, there would be plenty of battery materials available at affordable prices, manufacturing costs would be dropping steadily, and there would be a large supply of affordable electric cars in the world’s showrooms. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world. The price of battery materials is soaring, the cost of electricity […]

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BMW Investing Big In New Hungarian Battery Plant

December 2, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, BMW, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, Hungary, investment, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:00:37 +0000

Want to know whether a company is serious about building EVs? Don’t take its plans at face value. Don’t take even its final assembly plants for granted, especially if it’s on a flexible architecture. The truth is, if you really want to know whether a company is going to build EVs, you have to see […]

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BYD To Build 20 GWh Battery Factory In Wenzhou, China

November 28, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, byd, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 20:05:13 +0000

Following closely on the heels of rumors about sodium-ion batteries, BYD announced a new 20 GWh battery factory in China.

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CATL Taps The Brakes On North America Battery Factory Plan

October 25, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, catl, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, inflation reduction act of 2022.

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:00:02 +0000

The on again, off again plan by CATL to build a battery factory in North America is off again because of concerns about the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Kentrucky: Ford Announces Investments in Kentucky, But It’s For More Than Super Duty Trucks

October 1, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ford, green economy, kentucky, Manufacturing, SK, sk innovation

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:00:42 +0000

As part of the Ford+ plan for growth and value-creation, Ford Motor Company is investing $700 million in new investment and creating 500 additional hourly manufacturing jobs in Kentucky. This will support an all-new F-Series Super Duty pickup being built at Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville. But, that’s not all the company is doing. […]

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Imperium3NY Battery Factory Begins Commercial Production

September 24, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, imperium3ny, Manufacturing, New York

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:00:24 +0000

The new Imperium3NY battery factory in Endicott, New York has begun making battery cells from materials sourced within North America.

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Toyota Continues Its Fast BEV Development Pace With Battery Investments in US & Japan

September 5, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Japan, North Carolina, toyota

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 19:30:28 +0000

When Toyota announced its plan in April of 2021 to introduce a full line-up of 70 electrified vehicles, with 15 BEVs, including 7 new and already available bZ BEV models by 2025, it also set in motion a series of peripheral manufacturing and R&D actions. Just over a year later it finalized plans to create […]

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US Battery Factory News From Honda/LG & Panasonic

August 29, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, honda, lg energy solution, Manufacturing, Oklahoma, panasonic

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:30:43 +0000

Battery factory construction in the US is ramping up in a big way, with both Panasonic and LG Energy Solution announcing new plans.

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Ford Has Battery Supply For 600,000 EVs A Year, Will Add LFP Batteries From CATL

July 22, 2022 admin batteries, battery factories, cars, catl, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ford

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:50:53 +0000

Ford has released details of its planned $50 billion investment in electric vehicles between now and 2026, when it expects to be selling 2 million EVs a year. To get there, it will need lots and lots of batteries. In a press release this week, the company says it has secured commitments from 3 battery […]