LINCOLN, NE-More than $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant money has been awarded ePower Engine Systems LLC to build a new assembly plant here. The company will make a diesel-electric drive train modification for some heavy trucks that can significantly improve fuel efficiency. MORE
LEBANON, OR-ENTEK International is preparing to add two new production lines at its assembly plant here, one this year and another in 2013. The company makes separators for automotive batteries. MORE
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA-AeroMech Engineering Inc. has opened a new corporate headquarters and assembly plant here. The company manufactures unmanned aerial systems. MORE
BRUSSELS-Ford will idle its assembly plant in Belgium for five days, to conserve supplies of Japanese parts that could run low following an earthquake and tsunami. MORE
DETROIT-Since 2008, Barack Obama has consistently promoted the goal of having 1 million pulg-in electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015. But industry analysts differ sharply on whether that number is achievable. MORE