LAS VEGAS, NV—A second electric car company is planning to build an assembly plant in southern Nevada, and it’s further along in development than Faraday Future. Executives with 2050 Motors, which is showing two car models in Las Vegas this week, are evaluating sites to build a plant in the state.
CARSON CITY, NV—A Chinese-backed electric car company, Faraday Future, plans build a $1 billion assembly plant near Las Vegas, marking the second time in just over a year that Nevada has landed a coveted project from the budding industry.
TOLEDO, OH—Johnson Controls is expanding the production of absorbent glass mat batteries for automotive applications. Since 2012, the automotive supplier has devoted $130 million to manufacturing this battery technology.
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA—The California Energy Commission awarded a $3 million grant to Proterra to develop and manufacture the next-generation of battery-powered buses here.
Apple Inc. reportedly has a team of more than 100 engineers working on a top-secret project in Silicon Valley called Titan. Their goal is to rethink and reinvent the automobile.
LIVONIA, MI—Battery manufacturer A123 Systems filed suit this month against Apple Inc., alleging the electronics giant campaigned to poach employees amid reports that it’s developing an electric car.
ALAMEDA, CA—Wrightspeed, a manufacturer of electric hybrid power trains for trucks, has relocated to a new assembly plant here. The factory is expected to employ more than 300 people by 2018.
BRISBANE, Australia—Researchers from Queensland University of Technology have developed supercapacitors that can be embedded into an electric vehicle’s body panels, roof, doors, hood and floor to quicken charging of batteries.
