CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen of America has started construction on its $800 million electric vehicle production facility here that will include battery pack assembly.

YOKOHAMA, Japan--Nissan announced yesterday that the company has sold its 300,000th Nissan LEAF globally since the model first went on sale in 2010. The 100-percent electric LEAF is the world's first mass-produced, and also the world's best-selling, electric car. Nissan launched a fully redesigned version of the LEAF in September 2017.

STUTTGART, Germany—Daimler is planning to invest more than 7 billion euros over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.

OAK RIDGE, TN—Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a 20-kilowatt wireless charging system for electric vehicles. The system is said to be three times more efficient than plug-in systems.

GARDENA, CA—Faraday Future, an electric-car company that is modeling itself after Tesla Motors, is searching for a location for its first assembly plant. Four states—California, Georgia, Louisiana and Nevada—are in the running for the $1 billion factory.

HORN LAKE, MS—GreenTech Automotive has begun assembling the MyCar, a two-seat, all-electric vehicle, at its new assembly plant here. At capacity, the facility is expected to create more than 400 direct jobs.

FAIRFIELD, CT—GE has received a $1.36 million federal grant to improve the efficiency of electric cars.