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DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia—Rockwell Automation is supplying Lucid's new EV assembly plant here.

SANTA TERESA, NM—GreenPower Motor Co., a Canadian manufacturer of electric school buses and Class 4 commercial vehicles, plans to build an assembly plant here.

LAS VEGAS—Lucid, Nuro and Uber have unveiled their much-anticipated autonomous vehicle, which is based on Lucid’s Gravity SUV.

DAYTON, OH—Joby Aviation Inc. is expanding its manufacturing footprint here by acquiring a 700,000-square-foot facility.

SUNDERLAND, England—Nissan is assembling the third-generation Leaf electric vehicle at its factory here.

ANN ARBOR, MI—Engineers at the University of Michigan believe that vehicle-to-home charging technology could enable motorists to tap into energy from EV batteries.

MARTORELL, Spain—A state-of-the-art battery assembly plant recently opened here to support electric vehicles made by Volkswagen Group.

New battery test systems are designed to simulate real-world conditions and accelerate validation cycles of batteries, inverters and power train systems. 

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN—Engineers at Purdue University recently designed a roadway that wirelessly charges heavy-duty electric trucks driving at highway speeds.

BERLIN—A new modular intelligent energy management system can be integrated with EV control units and thermal components.