Manufacturing
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Cooper Tire says it can already make rubber components from a desert shrub called guayule.
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Fisker Karma Plant In Southern California: More Details Emerge
Fisker has signed a lease for a new plant in Moreno Valley, California.
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Tesla Adds Nevada Land; Will Gigafactory Be Planet's Biggest Building?
Tesla may be planning to expand its Gigafactory before work is even completed.
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U.S. Electric-Car Battery Industry Could Grow If Supply Base Matures
U.S. battery manufacturers could soon become competitive with their Asian counterparts, a new report finds.
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Is Next Battery Advance Not In Chemistry But Fabrication?
A Boston-area startup claims it can drastically reduce the cost of battery manufacturing.
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Orion Plant For 2017 Chevy Bolt EV To Get Small Cadillac SUV As Well: UPDATE
General Motors will invest $245 million and add 300 jobs at its Orion Assembly plant.
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Fisker says it will open a plant near its California headquarters.
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Tesla Gigafactory To Host 'Hundreds' Of Panasonic Workers Starting This Fall
Panasonic will send workers to Nevada as part of its ongoing involvement with the Tesla "Gigafactory."
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Tesla Gigafactory Spurs Lithium Producers To Boost Output For Batteries
Lithium producers may increase production in anticipation of Tesla's "Gigafactory."
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Tesla Acquires Michigan Tool & Die Maker To Boost Electric-Car Production
Tesla acquires an automotive supplier as it seeks to grow electric-car production.
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Electric-Car Battery Costs Fell 8 Percent A Year For Market Leaders: Study
Five years into the era of modern electric cars, the biggest cost remains the battery pack. Now there's data to confirm that not only are the costs of the battery cells falling, but that they are falling at rates pretty much in line with historical declines. A study published last month not only...
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Shell Project M Concept City Car: Huge Efficiency Gains Possible, Designer Gordon Murray Says
Famed car designer Gordon Murray will team up with former Honda engine specialist Osamu Goto and oil company Shell to develop a concept for "an ultra-compact, efficient car for city use based around the internal combustion engine." It's not intended for production. Instead, the project's ambitions...
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It hasn't been a particularly good year so far for electric-car purchase incentives. As feared by advocates, last week Georgia passed a highway-funding bill that killed its $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a battery-electric vehicles. Illinois suspended its own rebates to close a gaping budgetary hole, and Texas may do the same. DON'T MISS: IL Suspends Clean-Car Rebates; GA Tax Credit In Trouble Too; Texas Next? (Mar 27) If you're a Georgia resident and you've been considering purchase of any zero-emission vehicle, you have less than three months to take advantage of your state's tax...
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Electric-Car Battery Costs Already Cheaper Than 2020 Predictions: Study
A new study shows a rapid drop in lithium-ion cell prices in recent years.
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BYD Doubles Down On Electric Car, Bus Investment For China
BYD plans to use money from a spun-off subsidiary to grow its electric-vehicle business.
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Electric Cars "Not Viable Markets" For Reborn A123 In U.S., Europe In Next 10 Years, CEO Says
Revived battery maker A123 Systems says it has no interest in returning to the U.S. electric-car market.
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Low-Volume Assembly Line For Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car
The 2016 Toyota Mirai is built on a small-scale assembly line in Japan.
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Tesla Gigafactory Spending: So Far, $50 Million-Plus--And Much More To Come
Tesla has already spent more than $50 million on Gigafactory construction, new analysis says.
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China ends its export quotas on rare-earth metals.
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BMW i3 Electric Car Teardown: Profitable At 20,000 Units, Says Engineer (Video)
Engineers disassemble a BMW i3 electric car.
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Honda Generates Enough Wind Power In Brazil To Run Its Car Plant
Honda opens the first carmaker-run wind farm in Brazil.
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Tesla Tries To Hire Aussie Auto Engineers As Local Industry Wanes
Tesla hopes to recruit Australian engineers as car manufacturing shuts down.
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Research Backed By BMW Halfway To Carbon-Fiber Cost 90% Lower
A German firm says it's halfway toward a dramatic reduction in the cost of carbon fiber.
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From Making iPhones To Electric Cars: Foxconn To Offer $15K Plug-In Vehicle
Smartphone-maker Foxconn wants to build its own electric car.
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