Tesla (TSLA) is building another production facility — in a state where it has an existing toehold. Last night in his state of the state address, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo mentioned that Tesla would soon be building its new Semi electric truck in the state. “I am looking forward to joining Elon Musk and the team at Tesla tomorrow when they unveil plans to build a brand new $3.5 billion advanced manufacturing facility in northern Nevada for the company’s all-electric semi-trucks,”… Source link
Read More »Google inks power deal for major solar plant ‘to operate Spanish cloud region carbon-free’
Web giant Google has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with German developer Ib Vogt for output from the 149MW Garnacha solar plant in the Spanish province of Zamora. The developer has started construction of the project near the city of Toro in northwestern Spain in September after receiving €90m ($93.4m) in long-term project financing by Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking, and plans to start operations by October next year. … Source link
Read More »Video shows workers at an Apple and Tesla plant in Shanghai clashing with security guards over fears of an onsite COVID lockdown
Workers at an Apple supplier in Shanghai are operating under a “closed loop” system where they work, live, eat, and sleep onsite.Qilai Shen/In Pictures via Getty Images Images Videos show workers at an Apple and Tesla plant in Shanghai clashing with quarantine officials. The workers were said to be frustrated with onsite COVID-19 measures. The clash underscores the frailty of Shanghai’s plans to reopen its factories amid strict lockdowns. More than a hundred workers at a major Apple and Tesla… Source link
Read More »Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Lucid Group Gearing Up for First International Plant in Saudi Arabia After Signing Agreements with Multiple Agencies
<legend role=”h2″>-Lucid announces long-term plan to bring advanced automotive manufacturing to Saudi Arabia to address global demand.</legend> <legend role=”h2″>-Lucid estimates that the location of Lucid’s first international manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia may result in up to $3.4 billion of value to Lucid over 15 years.</legend> <legend role=”h2″>-New international manufacturing plant targets 150,000 vehicles per year at the King Abdullah Economic City will leverage U.S. engineering,… Source link
Read More »KFC to debut Beyond Fried Chicken menu item as plant based boom expands
KFC (YUM) is going above and Beyond…Meat, that is, as plant-based items continue to encroach on fast food’s turf. Late Tuesday, KFC announced the nationwide debut of Beyond Fried Chicken, after a two-year testing period. The anticipated menu item will be available to purchase at participating KFC locations in the U.S. beginning January 10. Customers can order the item as KFC’s first ever plant-based combo meal or à la carte in six or 12-piece orders. Created in partnership with Beyond… Source link
Read More »Inside The Rivian Plant: ‘It’s Like Google And Toyota Had A Baby’
WGLT is community powered. It’s the Fall Fund Drive and your financial support at WGLT.org is the power we rely on to keep your favorite NPR programs on the air and your newsroom local. Join the community that powers WGLT with a contribution. Rivian… Source link
Read More »Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ‘starting to plant the seeds’ to step down: Author
When Amazon (AMZN) Chairman Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO earlier this month and wasted no time launching into space, some may have wondered when Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg would step down from the tech giant he founded. In fact, Zuckerberg is already starting to prepare for his own exit, says Cecilia Kang, a New York Times technology reporter and co-author of a new insider account of Facebook called, “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination.” Kang, whose book draws on… Source link
Read More »South Dakota rocked again as a wind turbine plant shuts its doors
John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago that those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have a better choice in jobs in either the solar industry or as wind turbine technicians. That was then. Now, a wind blade manufacturing plant located in Aberdeen, South Dakota has announced it is shutting its doors permanently in less than two months. The disappearance of Molded Fiber Glass will displace over three hundred workers… Source link
Read More »GM in talks to build second U.S. battery plant with LG Chem in Tennessee
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Thursday it is considering building a second battery factory in the United States with South Korean joint-venture partner LG Chem Ltd. The largest U.S. automaker confirmed it is “exploring the feasibility of constructing a second, state of the art battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States” with LG’s battery unit LG Energy Solution, via its Ultium Cells LLC joint venture. GM said it hopes to have a decision by June…. Source link
Read More »Quebec is building a massive green hydrogen plant
The Canadian Press Parts of Newfoundland and Labrador vote for shovelling after first campaign snowstorm ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Parts of Newfoundland and Labrador are marking the end of the first week of the provincial election campaign with a massive snowstorm. Though some candidates were out knocking on doors Thursday morning, by late afternoon it was difficult to see across the street in St. John’s with all the blowing snow. Liberal Leader and incumbent Premier Andrew Furey made it back to… Source link
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